MS Artemis
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1984—2005: Royal Princess 2005—present: Artemis |
| Namesake: | The goddess Artemis |
| Owner: | P&O Cruises |
| Operator: | P&O Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
1984—2005: London,  United Kingdom2005—present: Hamilton, 22x20px Bermuda[1] |
| Builder: | Wärtsilä, Helsinki New 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: | IMO number: 8201480 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 44,348 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement: | 5,580 metric tons deadweight (DWT) |
| 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)[3] |
| Installed power: |
4 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 6PC4-2L diesels combined 23200 kW |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
| Capacity: |
1188 (normal) 1260 (maximum)[3] |
| Crew: | 537[3] |
MS Artemis (previously Royal Princess), is a cruise ship of the P&O Cruises fleet. The ship was built by Wärtsilä at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. At 45,000 tonnes, Artemis is the smallest of seven ships currently in service with P&O Cruises. She officially entered service with the company in June 2005 and was named by Prunella Scales. [4]
Overview
Artemis is currently the smallest ship in the P&O cruises fleet. However on 22nd September 2009 it was announced that she has been sold to Artania Shipping and will leave the P&O fleet in April 2011.[5]
In 2010 the British woman Sarah Breton took charge of Artemis, becoming only the second female in the world to captain a major cruiseliner and the first for P&O, following the Swedish woman Karin Stahre Janson, who took charge of MS Monarch of the Seas of Royal Caribbean Cruises in 2007.[6][7]
History
She was built in 1984 for Princess Cruises as Royal Princess, and inaugurated by Diana, Princess of Wales, at Southampton in 1984. 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 to have any inside cabins. 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. Although the sale is expected to be completed by 6th October 2009, she will continue to sail for P&O Cruises until she returns from her world cruise on 12th April 2011, when she will be passed to Phoenix-Reisen as mv Artania. [5] [8]
On board
- 8 passenger decks
- 594 passenger cabins
- 4 bars
- 2 restaurants
- 1 show lounge
- 2 outdoor swimming pools
- Child free
- All outside staterooms and above (no inside)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 (Swedish) Micke Asklander. "M/S Royal Princess (1984)". Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/royal_princess_1984.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ↑ Frank O Braynard & William H. Miller, Fifty Famous Liners 3, (W W Norton & Co Inc 1985), 219
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "About Artemis: Ship statistics". P&O Cruises official website. http://www.pocruises.com/pocruising/learnmore-artemis-ship-statistics.aspx. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ↑ http://www.pocruises.com/Cruise-Ships/Artemis/Ship-Webcams/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "P&O Artemis Press Statement". http://www.pocruises.com/Press/Detail.axd?releaseId=416. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ↑ "Q&A: World's first female captain of a major cruise ship". USA Today. 5 November 2007. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-05-10-first-woman-cruise-captain_N.htm. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ↑ "Sarah Breton:The first female cruise ship captain". Daily Express. 22 April 2010. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/170747/Sarah-Breton-The-first-female-cruise-ship-captain. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ↑ "Artemis to Leave P&O Fleet". http://www.gocruisewithjane.co.uk/index.php/2009/09/artemis-to-leave-the-po-fleet/#more-864. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
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