MS Insignia

Insignia in Montreal, October 2023
History
Name
  • R One (1998–2003)
  • Insignia (2004–2012)
  • Columbus 2 (2012–2014)
  • Insignia (2014–present)
Owner
Operator
  • Renaissance Cruises (1998–2001)
  • laid up (2001–2002)
  • Oceania Cruises (2003–2012)
  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises (2012–2014)
  • Oceania Cruises (2014–present)
Port of registry
BuilderChantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
CostGB£150 million
Yard numberH31
Launched24 January 1998
Completed1998
AcquiredNovember 1998
In service1998
Identification
StatusOperational
Notes[1][2]
General characteristics
Class and type
Tonnage
Length180.45 m (592 ft 0 in)[3]
Beam25.73 m (84 ft 5 in)
Draught5.95 m (19 ft 6 in)
Decks9 (passenger accessible)
Installed power
  • 4 × Wärtsilä 12V32 diesels
  • combined 13,500 kW (18,100 hp)
Propulsion2 propellers
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity
  • 698 passengers (lower berths)
  • 824 passengers (all berths)
Crew400
Notes[1][2]

MS Insignia is the lead ship of the R class of cruise ships built for Renaissance Cruises. She is now owned by Oceania Cruises as part of its Regatta class of ships, but recently sailed for Hapag-Lloyd as the Columbus 2. She was built in 1998 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Renaissance Cruises as MS R One.[4] On 11 December 2014, three crew members died in a fire that broke out in the engine room when the ship was docked at Saint Lucia.[5]

  1. ^ a b Asklander, Micke (2012). "M/S R ONE (1998)". Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel MS Insignia". VesselTracker. 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Equasis". www.veristar.com.
  4. ^ "Oceania Cruises: Insignia (2004- )". Simplon Postcards. 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. ^ "3 dead after fire breaks out on Oceania Cruises ship". WPLG. 12 December 2014.