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Another Prestigious Job for a Prestigious Band

 Piping out the new P & O Luxury Liner  the AURORA on her Maiden Voyage

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Aurora Statistics 

Gross tonnage

76,000 tons

Length overall

270 metres (886 feet)

Breadth

32.2 metres (106 feet)

Draught

7.9 metres (26 feet)

Service speed

24 knots

Main Engines

Diesel electric

Stabilisers

2

Bow thrusters

3 - each of 1,500 KW (2,000 horse power)

Stern thruster

1 - 1,500 KW (2,000 horse power)

Crew

417

Cost

£200 million

Passengers

1,850 regular passenger capacity
2,000 maximum passenger capacity

Passenger space ratio

42.2 tons with regular passenger capacity
38.0 tons with maximum passenger capacity

Passenger decks

10

Passenger cabins

920:
including 10 suites with balconies
20 mini-suites with balconies
94 staterooms with balconies
282 standard cabins with balconies
210 standard outside
266 standard inside
22 cabins for the disabled

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Neil(MacGregor)Wilson Kilts & Sporrans

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