Cost $165 million (1984) Length 231 m Draft 7.8 m | Yard number 464 Launched 18 February 1984 Beam 30 m | |
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Name 1984–2005 Royal Princess2005–2011 Artemis2011–present Artania Owner 1984–2005 Princess Cruises2005–2011 P&O Cruises2011–present Artania Shipping Operator 1984–2005 Princess Cruises2005–2011 P&O Cruises2011–present Phoenix-Reisen Port of registry 1984–2005 London, United Kingdom2005–2016 Hamilton, Bermuda2016–present Nassau, Bahamas | ||
Tour of phoenix reisens mv artania 3 2 2012 highlights and tour
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.
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- Tour of phoenix reisens mv artania 3 2 2012 highlights and tour
- Mv artania once named the royal princess after diana
- Royal Princess
- Artemis
- Artania
- On board
- References
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.
Mv artania once named the royal princess after diana
Royal Princess
Royal Princess was named by Diana, Princess of Wales at a ceremony in Southampton, Hampshire on 15 November 1984.
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.
Artemis
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.
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.
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.
Artania
The vessel has been fitted with new Wärtsilä main engines and an additional auxiliary engine during Q4/2014 at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven.
As of 27 Feb 2017 Artania was in the South Pacific and was docked at Wellington Harbour this morning, presumably as part of her New Zealand cruising itinary