&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:St_Helena_with_Extreme_E_livery_(2020).jpg) The St Helena in 2020 with Extreme E livery
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | St Helena |
| Owner | St Helena Line Ltd |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | London,  United Kingdom |
| Builder | A&P-Appledore (Aberdeen) Ltd |
| Yard number | 1000 |
| Launched | 31 October 1989 |
| Maiden voyage | 1990 |
| In service | 1990 |
| Out of service | 17 February 2018 |
| Identification |
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Basseterre,  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Identification |
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| Status | Support ship for Extreme E motor racing series |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lloyd's Register |
| Tonnage | 6,767 GT |
| Length | 105 m (344 ft)[1] |
| Beam | 19.2 m (63 ft) |
| Draft | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Installed power | 6,532 kW |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Capacity | 155 passengers, 1,800 tonnes cargo |
| Crew | 56 officers and crew |
| Notes | Operated on behalf of Royal Mail Group Ltd (UK) |
RMS St Helena is a cargo liner (carrying cargo and passengers) that served the British overseas territory of Saint Helena. She sailed between Cape Town and Saint Helena with regular shuttles continuing to Ascension Island. Some voyages also served Walvis Bay en route to and from, or occasionally instead of, Cape Town. She visited Portland, Dorset twice a year with normal calls in the Spanish ports of Vigo (northbound) and Tenerife (southbound) until 14 October 2011, when she set sail on her final voyage from the English port.
On 10 February 2018 she departed for her last trip from St Helena to Cape Town.[2] At the time of her retirement from St Helena service she was one of only four ships in the world still carrying the status of Royal Mail Ship. Locals including local press have usually called her the RMS rather than the St. Helena, in order not to confuse her with the island itself.
In April 2018 she was purchased by MNG Maritime and renamed MNG Tahiti to act as a vessel-based armoury (VBA) licensed by the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) in the Gulf of Oman. In October 2018 MNG sold the ship and she returned to the UK renamed St Helena once more.
- ^ "RMS Specifications". 27 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "RMS St Helena sets sail for final time". News. Wanderlust. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.