RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship. Large British shipping companies won contracts to carry mail to the far extremes of the British Empire. These ships names were prefixed with RMS instead of SV (Sailing Vessel) as in the first mails ships and later SS (steamship).
Both the Titanic and the Lousitania of the White Star Line were RMS ships.
There were two sister ships - the RMS Olympic and the HMHS Britannic.
There were two sister ships - the RMS Olympic and the HMHS Britannic.
The RMS Mauretania and th RMS Aquitania
RMS = Royal Merchant Ship.
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The RMS Carpathia
rms titanic
The most famous of them all is the RMS Titanic
Titanic had two sister ships; the sister ships were the Britannic and the Olympic.
The designation of RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship.
RMS = Royal Mail Service. Passenger ships also carried mail.HMS = His/Her Majesty's Ship. This title was used for military vessels.
Molly Brown was a passenger on the RMS Titanic in 1912 when it struck an iceberg. She was rescued and became a passenger on the RMS Carpathia.