It certainly was, she is the RMS St. Helena, the last true Royal Mail Ship in existence (i.e. one that delivers mail rather than is allowed to use the name).
The Island of St. Helena is a British protectorate in the Atlantic, the people of which are a bastardised collection of Africans, Portuguese, British, Spanish and French. The mix seemed to have worked well though because as a race they are some of the friendliest people I have ever met.
The ship sails from the UK to St. Helena to South Africa, calling at continental Europe, Ascension Island and West Africa on occasions. She is operated by Andrew Weir Shipping on behalf of the UK government, she was initially manned by mainly British officers, but Andrew Weir have trained Saint Helenians and they now make up the majority of the officers and crew onboard.
She rolls like a pig!