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 ...

For modern travelers, getting to the island requires sailing for more than five days on the RMS St. Helena, a combination passenger and mail ship that periodically departs from Cape Town, South ...

What it was like to sail aboard the RMS St Helena’s final voyage The last ever Royal Mail Ship completed its last ever journey – and it was surprisingly emotional, says Jonathan Hollins ...

The ship that links the island of St Helena to the rest of the world is sailing its final voyages as an airport will replace it in 2016.

The RMS St Helena is making its last journeys before weekly flights to the far-flung South Atlantic island are introduced.

Although the St. Helena government is trying to establish air service to the new airport, the only consistent means of getting to the island remains the trusty old mail ship — RMS St. Helena.

After 27 years in service the Royal Mail Ship St Helena, one of only four passenger ships in the world to carry the RMS prefix, will cease operations in February.

Safety fears at the new £284million airport on the remote island of St Helena have given a last-minute reprieve to one of the world’s last Royal Mail ships. Article continues below The RMS St ...

Since 1990, the RMS St Helena was the island’s only link to the mainland. The maiden flight by SA Airlink left Johannesburg and took just six hours.

The RMS St. Helena’s route for the last three decades is being phased out because a South African airline started a weekly commercial flight in October after the delayed opening of an airport on ...

The RMS St Helena occupies a singular place in maritime history: the last ship built in Aberdeen, she served as the lifeline to the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena for nearly three decades.

The RMS St Helena provides the only regular life-line to the remote south Atlantic island of St Helena and is manned by a mix of "Saints" and British officers and personnel. Young, 37, was a graduate ...