MV Artania

MV Artania
History
Name:
  • Royal Princess (1984-2005)
  • Artemis (2005-2011)
  • Artania (2011-present)
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder: Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Cost: $165 million (1984)[1]
Yard number: 464[2]
Launched: 18 February 1984[2]
Christened:
Acquired: 30 October 1984[2]
Maiden voyage: 19 November 1984[2]
In service: 19 November 1984[2]
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics [2]
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage:
Length: 230.61 m (756.59 ft)
Beam:
  • 29.60 m (97.11 ft)[2] 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

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. 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

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.

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]

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

Artania in Trondheim.
Artania with Phoenix Reisen, 2012

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

Artania sailed the South Pacific, New Zealand and Oceana for the first part of 2017, docking at Wellington Harbour 27 February.

Artania sailed under the flag of Bermuda until October 2016, her home port having been Hamilton. From 26 October 2016 Artania, as all other ships of Phoenix Reisen, has sailed under the flag of the Bahamas.

As of 26 October 2017, the Artania docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, sailing north from New York as part of the autumn New England cruising schedule, departing 27 October to St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada, which was its last North American port of call before making its transatlantic crossing to Europe. Cork Ireland will be its first port of call on its way to Hamburg Germany to commence the remaining 2017 cruise season with ports of call in England, France, Holand, the Canary Islands, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Malta, Egypt, Oman, Seychelles, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

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

  1. ↑ Frank O Braynard & William H. Miller, Fifty Famous Liners 3, (W W Norton & Co Inc 1985), 219
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Micke Asklander. "M/S Royal Princess (1984)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About Artemis: Ship statistics". P&O Cruises official website. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, Alan (16 November 1984). "Two royal princesses share a day in the limelight". The Times. London. p. 36.
  5. ↑ Tisdall, Simon (31 October 1984). "Royal Princess a day early". The Guardian. London.
  6. ↑ "Q&A: World's first female captain of a major cruise ship". USA Today. 5 November 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Sarah Breton:The first female cruise ship captain". Daily Express. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "P&O Artemis Press Statement". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "Artemis to Leave P&O Fleet". Retrieved 22 September 2009.

Bibliography

  • Sassoli-Walker, Andrew; Poole, Sharon (2010). Artemis: The Original Royal Princess. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445600949.
  • Phoenix Reisen official site for Artania (in German) (mirror)
  • Former P&O Cruises official site for Artemis
  • Professional photographs from shipspotting.com
  • "Artania (8201480)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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