| Name: | AURIS |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 19/05/1947 |
| Completed: | 04/1948 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 686 |
| Dimensions: | 8221grt, 4701nrt, 465.0 x 59.2 x 33.8ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Oil engines, Sulzer type, 8cyl (340 x 480mm) + 1 x Electric motor, 831mn; |
| (1951: 3 x Oil engines, 8cyl (340 x 480mm) + 1 x Gas turbine to electric motor, 831mn); | |
| (1959: 2 x Gas turbines) | |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle; (1959: British Thomson-Houston, Rugby) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 181847 |
| History: | |
| 17/02/1948 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1955 | Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1960 | Shell Tankers Ltd, London |
| 08/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Experimental diesel-electric propulsion, modified in 1951 |
| 1959: Re-engined with 2 x Gas turbines | |
| 08/1962: Broken up at Blyth by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is copyright of Peter Cook