The Aurelia (10,480 grt in 1959, 488 ft. long) was originally built as the cargo-passenger ship Huascaran for Hapag.
After WW2, she was taken over by Canada and turned into the emigrant carrier Beaverbrae for Canadian Pacific.
She was sold to Cogedar Line in 1954, again completely rebuilt, and renamed Aurelia.
She sailed in the Europe-Australia service until sold to Chandris Lines in 1970.

More on the Aurelia and her later career as the Romanza and eventually Romantica can be found on the Maritime Matters website,
which has a page with a detailed history of the Huascaran, Beaverbrae, Aurelia, Romanza, Romantica.

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This page last updated September 26, 2006.

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