Category:Aura II (ship, 1884)

Finnish escort Aura II 

Finnish escort vessel
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Instance of	ship
Operator	Finnish Navy
Manufacturer	Motala Verkstad
60° 23′ 00″ N, 19° 10′ 00″ E
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Ship[edit]

• Type: Passenger vessel, yacht, naval escort vessel
• Built by: Lindholmens Werkstad, Motala Mekaniska Werkstads, Gothenburg
• Yard No:
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1884.05.25
• Length over all: 49.10 m
• Beam: 7.80 m
• GRT: 466
• DWT:
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History[edit]

• 1884 Named Halland; Flag: Sweden
  • Call sign: TGWH
  • Port: Halmstad
  • Owner: Hallands Ångbats A/B; used in Göteborg - Lübeck service
• 1918.03.26 Sold to Trawl AB Sill (Alexander L. Qvirist) in Göteborg
• 1918.05.25 Sold to Ångfartygs A/B Bore; flag: Finland
  • Port: Turku
• 1918.10.04 Collided with German steamer Cronshagen; beached, later repaired.
• 1918.10.27 Sold to Rederi A/B Halland (Harry Wilén)
• 1920.11.05 Sold to Ångfartygs A/B Bore, Turku.
• 1927 Rebuilt
• 1928.01.31 Renamed Bore II
• 1930.02.12 Sold to Hans von Rettig; rebuilt as luxury yacht and renamed Seagull
  • Port: Turku
• 1936 Donated to Finland government as presidential yacht; renamed Aura
• 1939 Converted to escort ship with two guns and depth charges; renamed Aura II
• 1940.01.13 While escorting convoy, attacked Soviet submarine SHCH-324. Depth charge exploded prematurely and sank ship, 60.23 N 19.10 E. 15