MV Artania

ex Artemis, Royal Princess

Steel twin-screw motor vessel built in 1984 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Helsingfors, Finland (Yard No. 464) as a Passenger (Cruise) Ship for Princess Cruises, London, England

Technical Data

Original Cost: $165 million
Length: 230.61m (overall), 193.17m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth of hull: 29.2m
Depth: 19.33m
Draught: 7.8m
Tonnage: 44,348 gross/19,646 net/4661t deadweight
Engines: Four Pielstick-Wartsila 6PC4-2L diesels
Power/Propellers: 23,200kW/2
Speed: 22.0 knots
Capacity: 1,260 passengers
Crew: 520
Passenger Decks: 9
Call Sign: GBRP, ZCDM7
IMO Number: 8201480
MMSI Number: 311000608
Registry: London/UK, Germany, Hamilton/Bermuda

Location Data

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History

February 17th 1984: Floated out of building dock.

February 18th 1984: Officially launched.

October 30th 1984: Delivered to Princess Cruises, London, England. Manager; Howell Shipping.

November 15th 1984: Christened in Southampton.

Tilbury, United Kingdom © Ted Ingham (both)

November 19th 1984: Maid her maiden positioning cruise Southampton – Miami.

November 1991: Registered under the ownership of Howill Shipping Ltd. Hire purchased back.

June 2005: Transferred to P&O Cruises, Hamilton, Bermuda and renamed ARTEMIS.

November 2009: Sold to MS Artania Shipping, Hamilton, Bermuda and chartered to P&O Cruises.

April 2011: Charter completed and renamed ARTANIA.

April 30th 2011: Arrived at Bremerhaven for refit/rebuild.

May 26th 2011: Left Bremerhaven and chartered to Phoenix Reisen, Germany.

April 17th 2020: Having completed a 14 day quarantine in Freemantle (COVID-19 virus) she sailed for South East Asia with 403 crew members most of whom are from the Philippines and Indonesia. In order to bring them back to their families, the Artania will call at Bali and Manila.

Forty-one crew members from Europe were able to fly home on April 19, from Perth to Frankfurt on a Condor charter plane. There were also 18 passengers on the flight who had completed their quarantine period after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.

May 1st 2020: Arrived at Manila Anchorage

May 6th 2020: Arrived at Singapore Anchorage 1.

May 7th 2020: Arrived Port Klang Anchorage.

June 8th 2020: Arrived in Bremerhaven and laid up.

All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Cedric Hacke, Willem Oldenburg, Mikkel, Brian Fisher, Ted Ingham, Glenn Towler, Derek Sands, Bob Scott, Nigel Scutt (Dover-Marina) and Robert J Smith for their assistance in producing this feature.