RMS Aurania was a British Ocean Liner that was scrapped at Genoa, Italy after 22 years of service (1883-1905).

[2][3] In her career Aurania was to act as a consort ship to the SS Servia, built 2 years prior.

[8] During her maiden voyage on 23 June 1883 she left Liverpool for Queenstown and finally for New York, but halfway through the Atlantic her engine failed due to overheating, and a broken connecting rod shot through her engine skylight, causing panic among passengers.

She departed New York in August 1883 for the Clyde, running on her low pressure cylinder with a speed of 11 knots.

In September 1885, the White Star Liner Republic collided with Aurania off Sandy Hook.

[9] In October 1899 Aurania was used as a Transport Ship during the Boer war, she returned to civil service on April 14, 1903.