Insignia in Montreal, October 2023
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History | |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France |
Cost | GB£150 million |
Yard number | H31 |
Launched | 24 January 1998 |
Completed | 1998 |
Acquired | November 1998 |
In service | 1998 |
Identification |
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Status | Operational |
Notes | [1][2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type |
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Tonnage | |
Length | 180.45 m (592 ft 0 in)[3] |
Beam | 25.73 m (84 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 5.95 m (19 ft 6 in) |
Decks | 9 (passenger accessible) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 propellers |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 400 |
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]