Taurus (ex-British merchant yacht Nirvana) 1904

Purchased 07 Sep 1909.

Until July 1914 station ship at Constantinople.

08 Aug 1914 at Brindisi en route from Constantinople to Pola.

During War, Accommodation ship for Pola seaplane station.

To Italy as Marechiaro (1923) and then as Italian presidential yacht Aurora (1928).

Sunk by torpedoes from German S61 and S64 off Ancona 11 Sep 1943.

Complement 50 Displacement 1,300t