| Name: | AURANIA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/02/1924 |
| Completed: | 09/09/1924 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1127 |
| Dimensions: | 13984grt, 8473nrt, 519.7 x 65.3 x 31.0ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 1663nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 147277 |
| History: | |
| 27/08/1924 | Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1934 | Cunard-White Star Ltd, Liverpool |
| 30/08/1942 | The Admiralty; renamed ARTIFEX |
| 19/01/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 30/08/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as HMS AURANIA, an armed merchant cruiser |
| Armed with 8 x 1 x 6ins & 2 x 1 x 3ins guns | |
| 14/07/1941: Collided with an iceberg. Subsequently repaired at Newport News, USA | |
| 21/10/1941: Hit by 2 x torpedoes from U-Boat U123. Damaged but still steaming | |
| 24/03/1942: Purchased by the Admiralty for conversion to a repair ship | |
| 08/1944: Returned to service after conversion | |
| 19/01/1961: Arrived at La Spezia, Italy |
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