MS AIDAaura Cruise Ship at Cruise Terminal 2, Admiralty Pier, Dover Harbour, Kent, UK

The AIDA Aura berthed at CT2 (Cruise Terminal 2) on the Admiralty Pier of the Western Docks:



Owner: AIDA Cruises.

Taken from Prince of Wales Pier.

The passenger ship had sailed from Hamburg, Germany, on a "British Isles Cruise".

MS AIDA Aura General Characteristics:

Tonnage: 42,289 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 665.3 feet (202.78 m)
Beam: 92.2 feet (28.10 m)
Draft: 20.3 feet (6.19 m)
Decks: 12 total, 10 passenger
Installed power: Diesel-electric (27,150kW)
Speed: 19.4-knot (36 km/h; 22 mph)
Capacity: 1,300 passengers
Crew: 418 crew
Notes: 6 elevators
Operator: AIDA Cruises
Port of registry: Italy
Builder: Aker MTW (Germany)
Cost: $350 million
Christened: April 12, 2003 in Warnemünde
Maiden voyage: October 27, 2008 to Wilmington (North Carolina, USA)
In service: April 15, 2003
Identification: IMO 9221566
Call: Sign IBNZ
MMSI: 247117400
Flag: Italy (IT)

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MS AIDAaura Cruise Ship at Cruise Terminal 2, Admiralty Pier, Dover Harbour

A Dover Harbour photo.

Also see:

MS AIDAaura Cruise Ship after Sunrise, Western Entrance, Dover Harbour
MS AIDAaura Cruise Ship crossing Dover Harbour in Early Morning Fog

A new vessel from AIDA Cruises for 2011:

MS AIDAsol Cruise Ship in Dover Harbour on her Maiden Voyage

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