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Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship or Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail. The designation dates back to 1840. [ 1 ]
Share of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, issued 16 February 1920 RMS Asturias in a 1930 poster by Kenneth Shoesmith, who created a number of images advertising Royal Mail Lines ships. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by a Scot, James MacQueen.
In 1931 the Royal Mail Case resulted in the jailing of Lord Kylsant, and in 1932 the company was reconstituted as a new body, Royal Mail Lines, chaired by Lord Essendon. He claimed that German, Italian, and French competitors were running ships to South America at 22 knots (41 km/h), giving a passage about five days quicker than RMSP. [15]
The ship was the third in the Royal Mail Lines fleet to carry the name Magdalena, [9] she was built to serve on the Tilbury – Cherbourg – Vigo – Lisbon – Las Palmas – Pernambuco – Bahia – Rio de Janeiro – Santos – Montevideo – Buenos Aires route. [10] She was launched on 11 May 1948. [11]
Pages in category "Ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Segwun is the oldest of only three ships in the world still carrying the status of Royal Mail Ship, and the only steamer. Ports of call included Gravenhurst , Bracebridge , Beaumaris , Port Sandfield , Port Carling and Bala .
RMS Andes was a 26,689 GRT steam turbine Royal Mail Ship, ocean liner, cruise ship, and the flagship of the Royal Mail Lines fleet. She was the second Royal Mail ship to be named after the South American Andes mountain range. The first RMS Andes was an A-class liner launched in 1913.
RMS Magdalena was a British steamship that was built in 1889 as a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. In the First World War she served as the troop ship HMT Magdalena. After a long and successful civilian and military career she was scrapped in 1923.