its been sitting at the bottom of the sea for 99 years now so i imagine theres an octopus in there some place
The RMS on Titanic stood for "Royal Mail Ship".
Yes, it is a RMS Titanic, that is Royal MAIL Ship.
R.M.S. Titanic (R.M.S. can stand for "Royal Mail Ship" "Royal Mail Steamer" and/or "Royal Mail Steamship")
It stands for "Royal Mail Ship". Other people say it stands for "Royal Majesties' Ship". The RMS Titanic was indeed a Royal Mail Ship. Royal Majesties is incorrect; the only thing RMS stands for is Royal Mail Ship. Look up any history of the Titanic, and you will see that it was a mail ship. Some of the artifacts in the traveling Titanic exhibition include correspondence, bank drafts and other official papers being transported to North America.
it means royal mail ship or royal mail steamer
The designation of RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship.
Royal Mail Steamer/Ship Titanic
The Titanic is a steamboat.
RMS before a ship's name can stand for "Royal Mail Ship" "Royal Mail Steamer" or "Royal Mail Steamship" meaning the vessel was authorized to carry mail from port to port (see related link below)
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.
RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Titanic
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.