Royal Mail aircraft marking.
Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship, Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract by Royal Mail. A ship prefix is a combination of letters usually abbreviations used in front of the name of a civilian or naval Ship. Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects wherein written Documents typically enclosed in Envelopes and also Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. They have the right to fly the pennant of the Royal Mail when sailing. [1][2][3]
The designation has been used since 1840. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year [4] It was used by a large number of companies, but is often associated in particular with the Cunard line and Royal Mail Lines, which held a number of high-profile mail contract business, and which traditionally prefixed the titles of all its ships with the initials "RMS". Cunard Line is a British shipping company operator of the Ocean liners RMS ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' ( QE2) RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' ( The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by Scot James Macqueen A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law The best-known ship carrying the prefix is almost certainly the RMS Titanic of the White Star Line. Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company or White Star Line of Boston Packets, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British Shipping
Technically, a ship would use the prefix only while contracted to carry mail, and would revert at other times to a standard type designation such as "SS". A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller
Previously, the Admiralty operated these ships [5]. The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. In 1850 contracts were awarded to private companies. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link The most valuable route, with the highest volume, was between Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), in Ireland, and Holyhead in Wales. Dún Laoghaire (in Irish d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɫeːrʲə sometimes spelled Dún Laoire; Anglicised as Dunleary, dʌn ˈlɪəri is a suburban Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Holyhead ( IPA /ˈhɒlihɛd/ Welsh: Caergybi, "the fort of Saint Cybi " is the largest town in the county of The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company (CDSPCo) won the contract and purchased RMS Saint Columa and RMS Llwywllyn from the Admiralty. The City of Dubin Steam Packet Company was a shipping line established in 1823
Having the title "RMS" was seen as a mark of quality and a competitive advantage, because the mail had to be on time. In the 1860 CDSPCo contract there was a penalty clause of £1 1s 4d for every minute's delay. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency The shilling is a unit of Currency used in current and former Commonwealth countries and was continued to be used in countries that left the commonwealth A penny (pl pence or pennies) is a Coin or a unit of Currency used in several English -speaking countries
In recent years the shift to air transport for mail has left only two ships with the right to the prefix; RMS St. Helena, which serves the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, and RMS Queen Mary 2. The RMS St Helena is a cargo and passenger ship that serves the British overseas territory of Saint Helena. Saint Helena (pronounced saint he-LEE-na) named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin and a British overseas territory Characteristics The Queen Mary 2 is the current Cunard Flagship and makes regular Transatlantic crossings QM2 was conferred "RMS" by Royal Mail when she entered service in 2004 on the Southampton to New York route as a gesture to Cunard's history. [6]
The less common designations RMMV, for Royal Mail Motor Vessel, and RMMS, for Royal Mail Motor Ship, were used for a period when RMS was restricted to steam-ships. Motor Ship indicates that propulsion is provided by diesel rather than steam. A diesel engine is an Internal combustion engine which operates using the Diesel cycle (named after Dr A steam engine is a Heat engine that performs Mechanical work using Steam as its Working fluid. The designation TS as in TSMV before the name of the vessel would indicate that it was driven by twin screws.
List of RMS Ships
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Notes
- ^ Royal Mails employees Courier newspaper page 20 August 2007
- ^ QM2
- ^ United Kingdom - Royal Mail
- ^ The first citation in the Times is from August 18, 1840
- ^ The Admiralty took over the Packet Service from the General Post Office in 1823]]
- ^ Royal Mails employees Courier newspaper page 20 August 2007
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