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...
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Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distribution Services....
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and one (i.e., 5 total) men per oar Royal Mail Ship Any ship carrying mail for the British Royal Mail, allocated ship prefix RMS while doing so. Typically...
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Packet boat (redirect from Mail steamer)
Brussels, nicknamed "Packet Boat" Ocean liner Pony Express Postal history Royal Mail Ship Brinnin, John Malcolm (1971). The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social...
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purpose (e.g., "RMS" for a Royal Mail ship or "RV" for research vessel) are also used.[citation needed] Prefixes used for naval ships primarily reflect ownership...
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Titanic (redirect from Royal Mail Steamer Titanic)
together with commemorative stamps and coins. Royal Mail (whose mail was carried by RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Titanic) issued ten 1st class UK postage stamps...
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steam turbine. The name of steam ships are often prefixed with SS or S/S Royal Mail Ship (RMS) – Royal Mail Ship Ship prefix "Mississippi River Commission"...
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RMS St Helena (1989) (category Passenger ships of the United Kingdom)
St Helena service she was one of only four ships in the world still carrying the status of Royal Mail Ship. Locals including local press have usually...
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MY = Motor Yacht NS = Nuclear Ship RMS = Royal Mail Ship RRS = Royal Research Ship RV = Research Vessel SS = Steam Ship SV = Sailing Vessel (although...
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(excluding day visitors arriving on cruise ships) was 307, with an average of 245 arriving on the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Saint Helena. Between October 2017...
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usually left untranslated in English. See ship prefix for a list Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Category:Ships of the Royal Navy HM Prison (HMP) His Majesty's Young...
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HMHS Asturias (category 1908 ships)
Asturias was a Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ocean liner that was built in Ireland in 1908 and scrapped in Japan in 1933. She was a Royal Mail Ship until 1914...
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several ships called Nova Scotia : HMS Nova Scotia, British Royal Navy ships HMS Nova Scotia (1812) RMS Nova Scotia, British Royal Mail Ships RMS Nova...
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RMS Aquitania (redirect from The Ship Beautiful)
1914. She was given the title of Royal Mail Ship (RMS) like many other Cunard ocean liners since she carried the royal mail on many of her voyages. Aquitania...
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computer programmer Royal Mail Ship, the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail Resilient Multi-mission...
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The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by a Scot, James MacQueen. The line's motto was Per Mare Ubique...
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Saint Helena (disambiguation) (section Ships)
commission in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945 RMS St Helena (1963), a British Royal Mail Ship RMS St Helena (1989), a British Royal Mail Ship Saint Helena...
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RMV Scillonian III (category 1977 ships)
Scilly and is one of only three ships in the world still carrying the status of Royal Mail Ship (hence RMV – Royal Mail Vessel). RMV Scillonian III was...
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2016, the only way to reach the island was by boat. The last working Royal Mail Ship made its final voyage serving St Helena in 2018. Saint Helena's gross...
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RMS Rhone (category Ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company)
RMS Rhone was a UK Royal Mail Ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP). She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin...
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RMS Andes (1939) (category Ship infoboxes without an image)
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...
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Union-Castle Line (redirect from Castle Mail Packet Company)
4pm a Union-Castle Royal Mail Ship would leave Southampton bound for Cape Town. At the same time, a Union-Castle Royal Mail Ship would leave Cape Town...
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Mail boats or postal boats are a boat or ship used for the delivery of mail, and sometimes transportation of goods, people and vehicles, in communities...
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RMS Empress of China (1890) (category Ships of CP Ships)
ship foundered on the rocks in 1907. The Japanese cruisers Aso and Soya were dispatched to assist in removing mail, baggage, and passengers. The ship...
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RMS Atrato (1853) (category Ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company)
for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company as a side-wheel paddle steamer, and at the time of her launch was the world's largest passenger ship. In 1870...
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lifeboats when they sighted the Royal Mail Ship Trent near Bermuda. After their rescue, Kiddo was retired from being a ship's cat and was cared for by Edith...
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Desert HMS Newfoundland (59), a Royal Navy cruiser HMHS Newfoundland, a British Royal Mail Ship that became a hospital ship in the Second World War and was...
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cruise ships List of largest passenger ships List of river cruise ships "Royal Mail Lines, Ltd". The Royal Mail Story. Archived from the original on 16...
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Le Rhône The RMS Rhone (1865–1867), a famous British shipwreck of Royal Mail Ship Arthur Rhoné (1836–1910), an amateur French Egyptologist Rhodanien...
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Agreement Concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic (redirect from Agreement Concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel Royal Mail Ship Titanic)
(1974) Titanic (1997 musical) Music "The Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)" (folk song) The Sinking of the Titanic (music composition) Titanic...
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