Global InformationMV Artania information
 MV Artania in 2012
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| Builder | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland |
| Cost | $165 million (1984)[2] |
| Yard number | 464[1] |
| Launched | 18 February 1984[1] |
| Christened |
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| Acquired | 30 October 1984[1] |
| Maiden voyage | 19 November 1984[1] |
| In service | 19 November 1984[1] |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 230.61 m (756 ft 7 in) |
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| Draught | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Decks | 8 (passenger accessible)[3] |
| Installed power |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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| 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 and was renamed Artania.
In 2020, a COVID-19 outbreak on the ship led to four deaths as of 24 April 2020.[4]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Micke Asklander. "M/S Royal Princess (1984)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ Frank O Braynard & William H. Miller, Fifty Famous Liners 3, (W W Norton & Co Inc 1985), 219
- ^ a b c d "About Artemis: Ship statistics". P&O Cruises official website. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
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