Seen here at Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Canada.

Carries Passengers weekly from and to Montreal towards the Magdalen Islands in the St-Lawrence Gulf. Leaves Montreal every Friday in the Afternoon and is back Friday am.

Photo by: Pierre Destrempes (and used by permission)

[color=0000FF](Ship information kindly supplied by: Tedi)[/color]

M/S Aurella

Built by J.J. Sietas K.G. Schiffswerft Gmbh & Co., Hamburg (Yard No 702)

IMO 7310260

Dimensions:
Loa: 125,22m
Beam: 21,53m
Draft: 5,27m

Original tonnage:
7210 GT
3234 NT
1893 DWT

Main engines:
2x Stork-Werkspoor 16TM410 diesels

Total output:
15445 kW

Speed: 21,5kn

Passengers: 1500
Berths: 330
Cars: 420

27.05.1972 Ordered.
17.03.1973 Launched.
30.06.1973 Delivered to Oy SF-Line Ab, Mariehamn, Finland. Christened by Saga Grönberg. Became the flagship of the company.
03.07.1973 Entered Viking Line's Naantali-Mariehamn-Kapellskär service.
20.01.1982 Sold to Irish Continental Group Ltd, Dublin, Ireland.
.01.1982 Renamed to Saint Patrick II.
.05.1998 Chartered to Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Valletta, Malta. Renamed to Egnattia II.
.05.2000 Chartered to Balear Express, Spain. Renamed to Ville de Sete.
.03.2001 Chartered to Swansea Cork Ferries. Renamed to City of Cork.
06.03.2002 Sold to Government of Canada, Cap-aux-Meules, Canada.
.06.2002 Renamed to C.T.M.A. Vacancier.
.2003 Rebuilt at Les Mechins Dry Dock, Quebec, Canada. Bridge "wings" also covered.