MV Aureol

MV Aureol

The MV "Aureol" was a British mid-sized ocean liner, originally built for Elder Dempster Lines of Liverpool in 1951.

She was constructed on the River Clyde in Glasgow by the shipbuilders Alexander Stephen and Sons. At 537 feet long and weighing just over 14,000 tons, "Aureol" had room for 329 passengers and carried 145 crew. [ [http://www.maritimematters.com/marvi1.html Aureol/Marianna VI page] Maritimematters.com - Retrieved on 2007-07-24] . She spent much of her working life on the route from Liverpool to Lagos.

"Aureol" was withdrawn in 1974, but was purchased by Greek oil tycoon John S. Latsis, and renamed "Marianna VI" after one of his daughters. In 1989 she was laid up at Eleusina and did not sail again until 2001, when she moved to the Indian port of Alang to be broken up [ [http://www.midshipcentury.com/aureol.shtml Aureol page] Midshipcentury.com - Retrieved on 2007-07-24] .

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