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MV Artania
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| Builder: | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland |
| Cost: | $165 million (1984) |
| Yard number: | 464 |
| Launched: | 18 February 1984 |
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| Acquired: | 30 October 1984 |
| Maiden voyage: | 19 November 1984 |
| In service: | 19 November 1984 |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Type: | Cruise ship |
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| Length: | 230.61 m (756.59 ft) |
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| Draught: | 7.80 m (25.59 ft) |
| Decks: | 8 (passenger accessible) |
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| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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| Crew: | 537 |
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.
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.
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.
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