MV Artania

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MV Artania
History
Name:
  • 1984–2005: Royal Princess
  • 2005–2011: Artemis
  • 2011–present: Artania
Owner:
  • 1984–2005: Princess Cruises
  • 2005–2011: P&O Cruises
  • 2011–present: Artania Shipping
Operator:
  • 1984–2005: Princess Cruises
  • 2005–2011: P&O Cruises
  • 2011–present: Phoenix-Reisen
Port of registry:
Builder: Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Cost: $165 million (1984)[2]
Yard number: 464[1]
Launched: 18 February 1984[1]
Christened:
Acquired: 30 October 1984[1]
Maiden voyage: 19 November 1984[1]
In service: 19 November 1984[1]
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics [1]
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage:
Length: 230.61 m (756.59 ft)
Beam:
  • 29.60 m (97.11 ft)[1] or
  • 32.2 m (105.64 ft)[3]
Draught: 7.80 m (25.59 ft)
Decks: 8 (passenger accessible)[3]
Installed power:
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity:
  • 1188 (normal)
  • 1260 (maximum)[3]
Crew: 537[3]

MV Artania (previously Royal Princess and Artemis) is a cruise ship chartered since 2011 by Phoenix Reisen, a German-based travel agency and cruise ship operator. She was built for Princess Cruises by Wärtsilä at the Helsinki Shipyard, Finland, and was launched on 18 February 1984.

At a ceremony in Southampton, England, on 15 November 1984, the ship was named Royal Princess by Diana, Princess of Wales. After entering service on 19 November 1984, she cruised as Royal Princess until April 2005, when she was transferred to the control of P&O Cruises, and was renamed Artemis. In 2011, she moved to Phoenix Reisen's fleet, under the modified name Artania.

History

Royal Princess

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Artania as the Royal Princess on her maiden voyage.

Royal Princess was named by Diana, Princess of Wales at a ceremony in Southampton, Hampshire on 15 November 1984.

Artania as the Royal Princess off the US West Coast

The ceremony was attended by members of the public, employees of the P&O Princess Group and local and international dignitaries including Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland. The Bishop of Southampton performed a blessing prior to the naming.[4][5]

Artemis

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Artania as the Artemis in her P&O livery leaving Brest.

She was transferred to the P&O fleet in April 2005 and renamed Artemis by Prunella Scales. Artemis is one of the few cruise ships that do not have any inside cabins. Artemis was the smallest and oldest ship in the P&O cruises fleet.

File:MS Artemis in Trondheim.jpg
Artania as the Artemis in Trondheim.

In 2010 British woman Sarah Breton took charge of Artemis, becoming only the second female in the world to captain a major cruise ship and the first for P&O, following Swedish woman Karin Stahre Janson, who took charge of MS Monarch of the Seas of Royal Caribbean Cruises in 2007.[6][7]

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Artemis is being refitted into the Artania at the Lloyd shipyard.

On 22 September 2009, after numerous rumours, it was announced by P&O Cruises that the ship has been sold to Artania Shipping for an undisclosed sum of money. She continued to sail for P&O Cruises until 22 April 2011, when she passed to Phoenix Reisen as mv Artania.[8][9]

Artania

File:MV Artania in Trondheim.jpg
Artania in Trondheim.

The vessel has been fitted with new Wärtsilä main engines and an additional auxiliary engine during Q4/2014 at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven.

On board

  • 8 passenger decks
  • 594 passenger cabins
  • 7 bars
  • 3 restaurants
  • 1 library
  • 1 whirlpool
  • 1 show lounge
  • 1 boutique
  • 1 spa
  • 2 internet-cafes
  • 1 cinema
  • 2 outdoor swimming pools
  • Child free
  • All outside staterooms and above (no inside)

References

Notes

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Bibliography

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External links

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