MS Arvia
Arvia in Marseille, 2023 | |
| History | |
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| Bermuda | |
| Name | Arvia |
| Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | P&O Cruises |
| Port of registry |
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| Ordered | January 2018 |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | S. 716 |
| Laid down | 15 February 2022 |
| Launched | 27 August 2022 |
| Sponsored by | Nicole Scherzinger |
| Christened | 16 March 2023 |
| Completed | 15 December 2022 |
| Acquired | 15 December 2022 |
| Maiden voyage | 23 December 2022 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Excellence-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 185,581 GT |
| Displacement | 87,276 t (85,898 long tons; 96,205 short tons) |
| Length | 344.08 m (1,128 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 42 m (137 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 69.3 m (227 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Decks | 16 complete, 3 partial |
| Installed power | total installed power: 61.7 MW (82,700 hp) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 18.5 MW (24,800 hp) |
| Speed | Service speed: 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Capacity | 6,685 Max passengers |
| Crew | 1,782 |
MS Arvia is an Excellence-class cruise ship in service for P&O Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. The keel was laid on 15 February 2022. The ship was built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Papenburg and left the shipyard on 5 November 2022. She was delivered on 9 December 2022 to P&O Cruises. Construction officially started in February 2021.
At about 184,700 gross tonnage, Arvia is the largest ship to be commissioned for the British cruise market. She was floated out on 27 August 2022.
Arvia's normal operating capacity is 5,200 passengers even though her maximum capacity if 3rd and 4th berths are used is 6,685 passengers.
Arvia was originally planned to embark her maiden voyage on 9 December 2022 but due to operational reasons, this was delayed to 23 December 2022. Her maiden voyage was a 14 night Canary Island cruise from Southampton. On 2 March 2023, P&O cruises announced that Arvia's godmother will be Nicole Scherzinger. Delivery was originally planned for the first half of 2022, but later postponed to December 2022.