MS Athena is a cruise ship owned and operated by Classic International Cruises. She was built in 1948 as the MS Stockholm by Götaverken in Gothenburg for the Swedish America Line. Since her career with SAL she has sailed under the names MS Völkerfreundschaft MS Volker MS Fridtjof Nansen MS Italia I MS Italia Prima MS Valtur Prima and MS Caribe before beginning service under her current name.
Builders of the MS Athena are Götaverken, Gothenburg and Sweden.