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{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship name     =
*''Northland Prince'' (1963–1977)
*''St Helena'' (1978–1990)
*''St Helena Island'' (1990-1990)
*''Avalon'' (1990-1993)
*''Indoceanique'' (1993-1996)
|Ship owner    =
*Northland Navigation Company (1963–1977)
*Privatbanken / St Helena Shipping (1978–1990)
|Ship operator =
*Northland Navigation Company (1963–1977)
*Curnow Shipping (1978–1990)
|Ship route    =*Vancouver-Alaska (1963–1977)
*Avonmouth-Saint Helena-Cape Town (1978–1990)
|Ship ordered  =
|Ship builder  =Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver
|Ship original cost=
|Ship yard number  =314
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|Ship laid down    = 
|Ship launched     = 2 February 1963
|Ship completed    =
|Ship christened   =
|Ship acquired      = 
|Ship maiden voyage = 5 October 1978 (as ''St Helena'')
|Ship in service    = 
|Ship out of service=
|Ship registry      =*{{flagicon|Canada}} Vancouver (1963-1977)
*{{flagicon|UK|civil}} London (1977-1980)
*{{flagicon|Saint Helena}} Jamestown, Saint Helena (1980–1990)
|Ship identification=*{{IMO|5257634}}
*Callsign: GXUY
|Ship fate          = Scrapped 9 April 1996
|Ship notes         =
}}
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|Ship type=Cargo liner
*{{DWT|2,228}}
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|Ship length={{convert|98|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|14|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship height=
|Ship draught={{convert|5.49|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
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|Ship power=4,200 bhp
|Ship propulsion=*1 × Stork-Werkspoor diesel engine
|Ship speed=*{{convert|16.5|kn}} (service)
|Ship capacity=*88 (normal)
|Ship crew=
|Ship notes=
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'''RMS ''St Helena''''' was a passenger-cargo liner, built in 1963 as ''Northland Prince'', operated by the St. Helena Shipping Company that operated between Britain and South Africa via the British colony of Saint Helena between 1978 and 1990. 

==History==
''St Helena'' was constructed in 1963 by Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver, Canada as the ''Northland Prince'', and operated under that name between Vancouver and Alaska.<ref name="miller">{{cite book | title=Picture History of British Ocean Liners 1900 to the Present | publisher=Dover Publications | author=Miller Jr.,William | year=2001 | location=Mineola, New York | pages=[https://archive.org/details/picturehistoryof0000mill/page/120 120] | isbn=0-486-41532-5 | url=https://archive.org/details/picturehistoryof0000mill/page/120 }}</ref> 

The ship was purchased by the St. Helena Shipping Company, which had been formed as a joint venture between the Saint Helena Government and Falmouth-based shipping firm Curnow Shipping to operate an ocean mail service to the island after the Union-Castle Line ceased operations in 1977.<Ref name="miller"/>  She underwent a refit, was renamed ''St Helena'', and entered service in September 1978 on a route from Avonmouth, England to [[Place:Cape Town|Cape Town]], South Africa, calling en route at [[Place:Las Palmas|Las Palmas]], Canary Islands, and [[Place:Jamestown, Saint Helena|Jamestown, Saint Helena]].<ref name="miller"/>  She continued on this route, interrupted by British government service during the Falklands War, until 1990 when she was replaced by a new ship, also named [[Engineering:RMS St Helena (1989)|''St Helena'']].<Ref name="miller"/>  ''St Helena'' was sold and subsequently renamed ''St Helena Island'', ''Avalon'' and ''Indoceanique''.<ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5257634 |shipname=Northland Prince |accessdate=2022-09-05}}</ref> She was laid up for several years, as a planned service in the Indian Ocean never materialized, before being scrapped in 1996.<Ref name="miller"/>

''St Helena'' measured 3,150 [[Engineering:Gross register tonnage|gross register tons]], and was {{convert|321|ft|m}} long, with a beam of {{convert|46|ft|m}}.<ref name="miller"/>  She was propelled by a single diesel engine and propeller, which gave her a service speed of {{convert|16.5|kn|mph}}.<ref name="miller"/>  She had a passenger capacity of 88 in a single class configuration.<ref name="miller" />

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