MV Artania
Appearance
Artemis departing Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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History | |
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Name | list error: <br /> list (help) 1984—2005: Royal Princess 2005—present: Artemis |
Namesake | The goddess Artemis |
Owner | P&O Cruises |
Operator | P&O Cruises |
Port of registry | list error: <br /> list (help) 1984—2005: London, United Kingdom 2005—present: Hamilton, Bermuda[1] |
Builder | Wärtsilä, Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland |
Yard number | 464[1] |
Launched | 18 February 1984[1] |
Christened | list error: <br /> list (help) 15 November 1984 by Princess Diana[1] |
Acquired | 30 October 1984[1] |
Maiden voyage | 19 November 1984[1] |
In service | 19 November 1984[1] |
Status | In service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 44,348 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help) |
Displacement | 5,580 t DWT DWT uses unsupported parameter (help) |
Length | 230.61 m (756.59 ft) |
Beam | 29.60 m (97.11 ft) |
Draught | 7.80 m (25.59 ft) |
Decks | 8 (passenger accesible)[2] |
Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 6PC4-2L diesels combined 23200 kW |
Speed | 22 knots |
Capacity | list error: <br /> list (help) 1188 (normal) 1260 (maximum)[2] |
Crew | 537[2] |
MS Artemis is a cruise ship owned and operated by P&O Cruises. She is currently the smallest ship in the P&O cruises fleet.
History
She was built in 1984 by Wärtsilä at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland for Princess Cruises as MS Royal Princess, and inaugurated by Diana, Princess of Wales, at Southampton in 1984. She 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 to have any inside cabins.
On Board
- 8 decks
- 594 passenger cabins
- 4 bars
- 2 restaurants
- 1 show lounge
- 2 outdoor swimming pools
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Template:Sv icon Micke Asklander. "M/S Royal Princess (1984)". Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ a b c "About Artemis: Ship statistics". P&O Cruises official website. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
External links
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