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	1984–2005: London,  United Kingdom 2005–2016: Hamilton,  Bermuda[1] 2016–present: Nassau,  Bahamas[1]
Builder	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Cost	$165 million (1984)[2]
Yard number	464[1]
Launched	18 February 1984[1]
Christened	15 November 1984 by Princess Diana[1]
Acquired	30 October 1984[1]
Maiden voyage	19 November 1984[1]
In service	19 November 1984[1]
Identification	Callsign C6CY5 IMO number: 8201480 MMSI number: 311000608
Status	In service
General characteristics [1]
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	44,348 GT 5,580 DWT
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	4 × Wärtsilä 12V32 combined 27840 kW
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

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

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]

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

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 February 27th.

As of October 26, 2017, the Artania docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, sailing north from New York as part of the autumn New England cruising schedule, departing October 27 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)