Et af de sidste britiske postskibe forsvinder

En gang var det britiske imperium flettet sammen af et net af postskibe der bragte post, pakker og vigtige dessiner fra moderlandet ud til selv de fjerneste dele af imperiet. I dag er der kun tre postskibe tilbage - og inden længe forsvinder et af dem.

Siden 1990 har postskibet RMS St Helena, ud over at bringe post ud, været livsnerven for den ensomt beliggende ø St Helena i Syd Atlanten. Øen, som er en del af the British Overseas Territory, ligger 4.000 kilometer øst for Rio de Janeiro og 1.950 kilometer vest for Namibia.

Nu er man i gang med at bygge en lufthavn på St Helena, og når den står færdig senere på året er det slut med postskibet.

RMS St Helena har sejlet trekantssejlads mellem St Helena Island, Ascension Island og Cape Town, med årlige afstikkere hjem til Portsmouth. Sejlturen til Ascension Island kan afhængig af vejret gøres på to-tre dage, mens turen til Cape Town tager mindst fem dage, Foretrækker man at sejle helt til Portsmouth fra St Helena skal man reservere14 dage.

Postskibet er på 6.767 GT og har ud over breve, pakker og andet gods plads til 156 passagerer, hvortil kommer 56 besætningsmedlemmer.

Der bor 4.000 mennesker på St Helena.

Se videoer af RMS St Helena, og dets forgænger på ruten, herunder

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