it means royal mail ship or royal mail steamer
Royal Mail Ship. Basically is means that the ship is authorized to carry main for the British Royal Mail. These days it is just a 'title' the Queen Mary 2 does not carry mail as a cargo.
An ordinary ship would be SS (Steam Ship) or MV (Motor Vessel). RMS is Royal Mail Ship -( not only a steam ship, a sailing vessel can be RMS as well ) It's a distinction because of the carriage of the mail.
I do not know what ship Leif Erikson sailed on but I can tell you it was not the Santa Maria
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it means royal mail ship or royal mail steamer
Royal Mail Ship ~ RMS stands for Royal Mail Steamer. However, RMS in formal terms of the time was to mean "Royal Merchant Ship" as teh ship was of British designation. The dual meaning was also applied; "Royal Mail Steamer", because the Titanic carried mail under the auspices of His Majesty's postal authorities and was driven by steam.
"Royal Mail Ship" or "Royal Merchant Ship" referring to the British Crown's granting rights & authorities to shipping comanies/business to work as legal agents of the Crown. Think of them as being similar to the United States Postal Service. "Royal Mail Ship" or "Royal Merchant Ship" referring to the British Crown's granting rights & authorities to shipping comanies/business to work as legal agents of the Crown. Think of them as being similar to the United States Postal Service.
I believe that RMS stands for Royal Merchant Ship.
RMS = Royal Merchant Ship.
Royal Mail Ship. Basically is means that the ship is authorized to carry main for the British Royal Mail. These days it is just a 'title' the Queen Mary 2 does not carry mail as a cargo.
merchant vessel
A windjammer is a merchant sailing ship.
Royal Mail Ship
An ordinary ship would be SS (Steam Ship) or MV (Motor Vessel). RMS is Royal Mail Ship -( not only a steam ship, a sailing vessel can be RMS as well ) It's a distinction because of the carriage of the mail.
The crew on the whaling ship had all the oil they needed for their lamps, while the oil was scarce on a merchant ship.
The crew on the whaling ship had all the oil they needed for their lamps, while the oil was scarce on a merchant ship.