RMS ST HELENA UPDATE

Repair work on the RMS St Helena is progressing well in the Dry Dock at Simonstown. The vessel’s Starboard shaft will be reassembled today and testing & partial flooding of the dock will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 11 April.

If the testing is successful, it is likely that the RMS will depart Simonstown on Wednesday, 12 April 2017. She will then begin her next planned voyage, departing Cape Town on Friday, 14 April 2017.

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10 April 2017

 

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