Artship
museum ship · United Kingdom
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Artship
- IMO number
- 5373696
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Vessel type
- museum ship
- Gross tonnage
- 259
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 46.7 m
- Beam
- 6.8 m
- Year built
- 1939
- Builder
- —
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Artship
Artship (formerly MS Unterelbe) is a 1939 German motor coaster (Küstenmotorschiff). It is one of the oldest operational vessels of its type in Northern Europe, and the last surviving operable German coastal motor ship built before the Second World War. The ship was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine as a munitions transport during World War II before spending eighty years in commercial cargo service and joining the Finnish Heritage Ship Register. In 2024, the ship crossed the North Sea to London under its own power. In 2025 it underwent repairs in Chatham, Kent to operate as a floating arts centre alongside Theatreship in Canary Wharf's West India Docks. Together the two vessels form the world's largest floating arts centre.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Artship now?
- Artship has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Artship?
- Artship is a museum ship sailing under the flag of United Kingdom, built in 1939. The vessel is 46.7 m long with a beam of 6.8 m and has a gross tonnage of 259.
- Has Artship been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Artship appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).