The Insignia in Split, Croatia, October 2011. |
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| Career | |
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| Name: | 1998—2003: R One 2004—present: Insignia |
| Owner: | 1998—2001: Renaissance Cruises 2001—2006: Cruiseinvest 2006 onwards: Oceania Cruises |
| Operator: | 1998—2001: Renaissance Cruises 2001—2002: laid up 2003—present: Oceania Cruises |
| Port of registry: | 1998—2001: Monrovia, Liberia 2001—present: Marshall Islands |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France |
| Cost: | £150 million |
| Yard number: | I31 |
| Completed: | 1998 |
| Acquired: | November 1998 |
| In service: | 1998 |
| Identification: | IMO 9156462[1] |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | R class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 30,277 GT |
| Displacement: | 2,700 DWT |
| Length: | 180.96 m (593.7 ft) |
| Beam: | 25.46 m (83.5 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.95 m (19.5 ft) |
| Decks: | 9 (passenger accessible) |
| Installed power: | 4 × Wärtsilä 12V32 diesels combined 13500 kW |
| Propulsion: | 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 18 kn (33.34 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 684 passengers (lower berths) 824 passengers (all berths) |
| Crew: | 400 |
MS Insignia is an R class cruise ship, owned and operated Oceania Cruises. She was built in 1998 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Renaissance Cruises as MS R One.[2]
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Renaissance Cruises had begun operations in 1989, with a series of eight small luxury cruise ships constructed during the course of the next three years. In the mid-90s the company placed an order for eight identical 30,277 gross ton vessels with Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in France. The first ship in the series, MS R One, was delivered in June 1998, followed by the R Two in November of the same year.
Begin in April 2012, the MS Insignia will begin a two-year lease to Hapag-Lloyd and will be renamed the Columbus 2.[3]
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