MS Arvia
Arvia near 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 | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
| Cost | £730 million |
| 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) |
| 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 passengers max |
| Crew | 1,782 |
MS Arvia is an Excellence-class cruise ship in service for P&O Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. The ship's keel was laid on 15 February 2022. The ship was built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft at 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 (GT), Arvia is the largest ship to service the British cruise market. She was floated out on 27 August 2022.