Royal Mail Ship, 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. An
RMS "Crown" as displayed by the Cunard liner Laconia
Royal Mail steamship routes
Royal Mail aircraft-marking; on a British Airways Airbus A320-232 G-EUUI
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her running mate Mauretania three m
Royal Mail Ship
…of Dublin SP 1896 1918 Sunk by enemy action Llandovery Castle Union-Castle 1914 1918 Sunk by enemy action Lucania Cunard 1893 1909 Scrapped after fire Lusitania Cunard 1907 1915 Sunk after being torpedoed by SM U-20 Majestic White Star 1922 1940 Scrapped Maloja P&O 1923 1954 Scrapped Manxman Isle of Man Steam…
RMS Lusitania arriving in New York City in 1907
Lusitania, prior to her launch
RMS Lusitania – built 1904–1906
Lusitania unloading Christmas mail to a post office boat