High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Aurora (F10) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like other ships of the class, Aurora was named after a figure of mythology, Aurora being the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Eos. HMS Aurora was built by John Brown Company, shipbuilders of Clydebank, Scotland. Aurora was launched on the 28 November 1962 and commissioned on the 9 April 1964.