Helgus Antonius

The Helgus Antonius

The Helgus Antonius is a container/hospital ship, currently being operated by the Hanso Foundation. It departed from Sanremo in Italy on the night of July 6th 2006.

Currently, the ship has only appeared as a part of the Lost Experience.

History

Container crates labeled with the Hanso Foundation's Insignia being loaded onto the Helgus Antonius

It is unclear what the ship's purpose is in relation to the Hanso Foundation or where it is heading, all that is known of it are from following other leads.

Rachel Blake came across the ship purely by accident whilst following who she thought was Thomas Mittlewerk to the Airport. It was only after she realised that it was only low-level staff members from the Foundation did she turn back to the water to rethink her plans. Walking along the wharf, Blake came across crews loading the Antonius with crates marked with Hanso insignia.

In the next few days, Blake questioned the harbormaster about the cargo and destination of the Antonius, yet despite attempting to bribe him with the remainder of her Widmore severence package he would not change his story that the Helgus Antonius never arrived in Sanremo and subsequently never left.

Destination

Possible destination of the Antonius

Whilst investigating it's activities in Europe, Rachel Blake had managed to uncover information about the Hanso Foundation's interest in a number of geographical locations. Whilst Blake believed them to be islands, one was found to be Edward Island, a southern port on Lake Superior which seperates Canada from the USA.

The true destination of the Helgus Antonius has been revealked to be Sri Lanka.

Name

The meaning of the name Helgus Antonius has come under question. Many have tried to translate it, with possible meanings as Swedish for Weekend Antonym and Holy Flower. It is also possible that it is an anagram of some sort, such as Hanso is eluting us meaning Hanso is eluding us.

Interestingly, the name is printed on the side of the ship with a lower-class "i". while the remainder of the name is written in upper-case. This, however, is just wear on the lettering of the ship, as evidenced by a blueprint of the ship, which shows the name of the ship with a capital I.

Theories

• This ship will crash on the island in Lost Season 3.
  • However, the current timeline on the show is around November 2004, two years before the ship set sail from Italy.
• This ship may have something to do with the Spider Protocol.