Saturday, May 26, 2007

Last working Royal Mail ship to cease operations

Speaking of nostalgia for all things British, it will be a bit of a sad day, when the last working Royal Mail ship ceases operations when an airport opens on the Atlantic island of St Helena, now scheduled to be operational in 2012.

Though, for the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, this is "the chance to put the island back on the map with the biggest story since Napoleon died in exile there in 1821", technically, this unique cargo-passenger ship has been the only way passengers could still come to Teneirfe by boat from the UK too and, the service has been used by many an expat to have household goods, cars etc., sent from the UK to Tenerife and beyond.

The RMS St. Helena calls into Santa Cruz in Tenerife during it's voyages from Britain to Cape Town.

St Helena joins the jet age | RMS St. Helena bookings