RMS St. Helena

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RMS St Helena
St. Helena
St. Helena
Ship data
flag United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom (until 2018) St. Kitts and Nevis (since 2018)
Saint Kitts NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis 
other ship names
  • MNG Tahiti (2018)
Ship type Combined ship
Callsign MMHE5
home port London (until 2018)
Owner St Helena Line ( Andrew Weir Shipping )
Shipyard Hall Russell , Aberdeen
Launch October 31, 1989
Ship dimensions and crew
length
105.00 m ( Lüa )
width 19.20 m
Draft Max. 6.00 m
measurement 6,767 GT
 
crew 56
Machine system
machine 2 × Mirrlees Blackstone K6 Major diesel engines
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		7,032 kW (9,561 hp)
propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Transport capacities
Load capacity 3130 dw
Container 52 TEU
Tank capacity 227 m³
Volume 3,750 m³
Permitted number of passengers 156
Pax cabins 55
Others
Classifications Lloyd's Register
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 8716306

The RMS St Helena ( German  also RMS St. Helena ) is a former mail ship that connected the equal parts of St. Helena , Ascension and Tristan da Cunha of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha with the mainland and with each other. The ship has been named MNG Tahiti since April 2018 .

history

The combined cargo and passenger ship is measured with 6,767 GRT and with a crew of 56 offers space for 128 passengers. It is one of the last deep-sea mail ships in service for the British flag and was specially built and commissioned for this route in 1989/1990 at Hall, Russell & Company shipyard in Aberdeen. The St. Helena was both the shipyard's last newbuild and the last newbuild for a seagoing ship in Aberdeen. The ship replaced its predecessor, the RMS St. Helena from 1963.

With the opening of the St. Helena airport RMS should St. Helena cease operations on 15 July 2016th Thereafter, the sale in favor of the island was planned. Due to the postponement of the opening of the airport, the RMS St. Helena should run until July 2017. In December 2016 a further extension of the journeys was announced, and in October 2017 the decommissioning for February 2018 was announced. The RMS St. Helena stopped at St. Helena for the last time on January 29, 2018. The supply of the islands is now primarily handled by the multi-purpose cargo ship MV Helena .

The RMS St. Helena was supposed to leave St. Helena for the last time on February 11, but had to return to St. Helena for the last time on February 12 due to a medical emergency. The fourth from last active Royal Mail Ship officially ceased service on February 17, 2018 after 29 years. It was then launched in E-Berth, Duncan Dock, Cape Town.

The ship was then owned by MNG Maritime from April 2018 and was named MNG Tahiti with registration in St. Kitts and Nevis and home port in Basseterre . It was intended to be used as a floating armory in the Gulf of Oman .

In October 2018, MNG sold the ship and she returned to the United Kingdom, renamed St. Helena . Here it is extensively renovated and modernized in order to serve as a floating paddock for the Extreme E racing series in the future .

background

Until the 1960s, the island was called in regular mail service by various ships of the shipping company Union-Castle Line , which operated regularly between England and South Africa on behalf of the state . With the increasing air traffic, these lines were discontinued and the RMS St. Helena was the only remaining combined cargo and passenger ship that regularly called at the island.

gallery

  • RMS St. Helena before St. Helena

  • On board

  • RMS St. Helena

literature

  • Lingwood, John: Significant Ships of 1990 . Ed .: Knaggs, Tim. Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London 1991, ISBN 0-903055-13-9 , pp. 83 .

Web links

Commons : RMS St. Helena  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b RMS Specifications. Details on rms-st-helena.com . Archived from the original on December 27, 2009 ; accessed on November 1, 2015 .
  2. ↑ About the RMS Royal Mail Ship St Helena, AW Ship Management Ltd.
  3. ↑ IMO 5257634
  4. ↑ Final Voyages ( Memento from February 10, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ) Royal Mail Ship St Helena, AW Ship Management Ltd.
  5. ↑ Exco Report - Tuesday 29 March 2016 St Helena Government, March 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ RMS to July ( Memento from July 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) The Sentinel, July 14, 2016, p. 2.
  7. ^ St Helena Line to Withdraw RMS St Helena from Service and Seeks Buyer for Vessel St Helena Government, October 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ Farewell Celebrations AW Ship Management Ltd, February 16, 2018.
  9. ^ MV Helena Schedule Announcement St Helena Government, November 14, 2017.
  10. ↑ a b Schedules & Fares AW Ship Management Ltd, accessed February 22, 2020.
  11. ↑ 'A true St Helenian farewell': RMS St Helena departs on final voyage from her home island , sthelenaonline, February 11, 2018
  12. ↑ RMS St Helena - Delayed Arrival Cape Town AW Ship Management Ltd, February 14, 2018.
  13. ↑ RMS St Helena Docks for Final Time in Cape Town St Helena Government, February 19, 2018.
  14. ↑ RMS St Helena Converted to Floating Armory The Sentinel, April 26, 2018, p. 11.
  15. ↑ Extreme E. e-formel.de, accessed on March 8, 2019 .