Tag: RMS St Helena

• Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 21:26 UTC

  Transformed St Helena veteran vessel will be visiting Falklands in 2026/2027

  

  Falkland Islands residents, originally from the island of St. Helena, most probably during the next year, might see the revival of a vessel that for many decades was the only link with South Africa. However, this time refurbished, with different colors and as an exclusive boutique, at most 98 passengers, RMS St Helena, will be sailing the roaring forties and targeting Antarctica expeditions.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Former St Helena sea link, turned into “floating paddock” for Extreme E competitions visiting Uruguay

  

  A completely refurbished former RMS St Helena, which sailed between the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, (occasionally Ascension Island) and Cape Town in South Africa until 2018, is currently in Uruguay although under a new purpose.

• Monday, January 29th 2018 - 10:56 UTC

  February 10, RMS St Helena departs on her last trip after 27 years service

  

  The unique Royal Mail Ship, RMS St Helena, will depart on a final voyage (268) from the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena on Saturday, 10 February, having dutifully served for the past 27 years. The island, a UK Overseas Territory located 1200 miles off the west coast of Africa could only be reached by the ocean-going passenger-cargo ship service, until commercial flights began operating last October, following completion of an airport.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 05:10 UTC

  St Helena celebrates: charter plane lands with 60 passengers; RMS scheduled to depart Friday

  

  British Overseas Territory of St Helena, an island in the middle of the south Atlantic, celebrated on Wednesday 3 May 2017, when a charter plane carrying 60 passengers landed at St Helena Airport at 1.55pm, helping to reestablish links with South Africa. Another good piece of news was that RMS St Helena, the regular connection with St Helena is scheduled to depart Cape Town on Friday.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2016 - 17:00 UTC

  St Helena airport “too dangerous to use” opens prospect of £285m compensation claim

  

  Britain faces the prospect of compensation claims over a disastrous overseas aid project to build an airport on the remote island of St Helena, according to reports in the UK media. The £285million flop became a symbol of Britain’s aid waste this year after experts warned it might never open because of severe problems with wind conditions on the British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.

• Thursday, August 4th 2016 - 22:09 UTC

  RMS St Helena schedule extended another year until airport is ready for commercial flights

  

  RMS St. Helena, one of the last Royal Mail Ships in the world is to continue serving her remote South Atlantic island namesake until 1 July 2017, the St Helena Government has announced. The RMS passenger and freight service will continue to operate between Cape Town, St Helena and Ascension Island with the extended schedule confirmed by the island's director of tourism.

• Friday, June 10th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  RMS St Helena in London on her farewell tour, which marks the end of sea link to UKOT St Helena

  

  HRH Princess Anne attended a reception on Wednesday evening onboard the RMS St Helena, moored next to HMS Belfast in The Pool of London. RMS St Helena is one of the world's last working Royal Mail ships and is visiting London as part of her farewell tour.

• Monday, April 25th 2016 - 05:53 UTC

  RMS St Helena on sale; she will make a farewell to the port of London

  

  Helena Line has announced that it is to withdraw the Passenger Cargo Royal Mail Ship St Helena from service in July 2016 and has appointed London ship broker CW Kellock & Co Ltd to handle her sale.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:58 UTC

  South Africa's Comair ready to operate from St Helena's airport with a Boeing 737/800

  

  South African airline Comair will operate the Boeing 737-800, configured to seat about 120 passengers, on the route from the St Helena Island’s airport to Johannesburg. A British Overseas Territory, St Helena is a remote South Atlantic island, where French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was once exiled and died after his defeat at Waterloo.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 10:17 UTC

  On St Helena Day, 21 May 2016, begins air link of the island with South Africa

  

  British Overseas Territory St Helena only link with the outside world, currently by sea, will be coming to an end in May 2016, when the proposed official opening of the airport which is being built by South African contractors, will be taking place, according to the 12 May meeting of the island's Executive Council.