“General,” calls a voice, a familiar voice, “Can you hear me General?” Impossible memories fill me, but I am not sure which set of memories are the ones that are impossible. 8880BHP.I wake with a start, not quite sure who I am. 92 teu (of which 17 reefer).Ģ holds, 2 hatches. Air conditioning.Ĭargo capacity 3750 cbm bale. Operated by St Helena Line Ltd (SHL) on behalf of the St Helena Government (SHG), the RMS has been part of the Islands history for over quarter of a century and provided the sole regular means of access to the Island, a remote UK Overseas Territory located 1200 miles off the West coast of Africa in the South Atlantic.Īccommodation: 156 passengers in 56 cabins, 56 officers and crew.ĭining salon. On 5 th October 2017 St Helena Line again announced it was putting the RMS St Helena up for sale after it was withdrawn from service in February 2018. However the service extension changed this ⋅ Schedule Extended!ĭue to the delay in starting the commercial air service the RMS schedule was extended, and it was extended further on 12 th June 2016 to continue until February 2018. She was, at the time, expected to be ready for delivery to buyers in Cape Town during July/August 2016. In April 2016, with the scheduled commercial air service due to start in May, St Helena Line announced that she would be put up for sale, with London shipbroker CW Kellock & Co Ltd handling the sale. Whatever the plan following the completion of the airport, the RMS St Helena crew is very well trained and service orientated - they will be an asset to St Helena as tourism develops.
We have a brother and sister, mother and daughter and a father and daughter on board. They are very close, and in fact some are family. The crew has worked together for a long time. With the opening of the airport, the future of the RMS St Helena has yet to be determined but Young is optimistic about the crews prospects. The airport project continues to run on time and on budget. In 2010 the Government of St Helena and the United Kingdom announced plans to construct St Helena airport, which will be operational by 2016. This shows that the RMS St Helena holds a prestigious place in the highly competitive UK cruise market, offering a truly unique journey. Over the weekend the RMS St Helena was featured in The Sunday Times Small Ships, Big Adventures guide. I know the passengers, I know who the cargo is intended for, and I know the store owners. The RMS is very much part of the Island its an extension of the Island. For every year thats gone by, Ive worked for six months on board the RMS. I was married exactly one month prior to my appointment. He has been the captain of the ship since 25 th October 2000. The second captain of the RMS is Youngs cousin. Young, who was born on St Helena, is one of two shipmasters who share the responsibility of sailing the ship. To mark this special milestone, Master Rodney Young welcomed guests on board the ship moored in Duncan Dock, of the Cape Town Harbour. The RMS, one of only four surviving Royal Mail Ships in the world, connects St Helena with Cape Town. The legendary RMS St Helena celebrated its 25 th year in operation this month. Published on The St Helena Wirebird 28 th October 2014. It was also used for the more severe medical patients. This was used for anybody who had difficulty walking, not just the wheelchair-bound. This was a small-ish cage which was lifted like cargo onto and off the RMS using the crane, travelled to shore on a barge and was craned onto land, again like cargo. This begs the question: what about less able-bodied passengers? The photographs below encapsulate a typical voyage from Cape Town:Įlsewhere we describe how, at St Helena, passengers descended from the RMS to a small boat, were ferried across to The Wharf, and climbed onto land swinging on ropes. In the 1960s, as sea-travel steadily gave way to air-travel, Union Castle began reducing the frequency of its services and in 1977 it announced that the entire route would close later that year and a cricket match on deck between passengers and crew. The first RMS St Helena, 1978-1990įrom the 19 th Century St Helena was served by regular Union Castle Line services between the UK and South Africa, which also called at St Helena.
Heavy freight is transported by the Sea Freight service and lighter goods are transported by air.
The primary passenger route to St Helena is now the scheduled commercial air service.
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