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RMS

RMS

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A ship prefix used before names of British passenger ships that carried mail for the Royal Mail
  • noun
  • Archaic
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  • You know, my question is on the other sister ship of the Titanic, the RMS Olympic.
  • RMS Titanic
  • RMS Californian
  • the RMS voyage

You know, my question is on the other sister ship of the Titanic, the RMS Olympic.

Examples

  • Well, right now, my address is the RMS Titanic.

    Titanic (1997)

  • The RMS Mauretania was the sister ship of the more famous Lusitania.

    Blog text (19)

  • I try not to look at the RMS Queen Elizabeth end of port One.

  • The sinking of the RMS Titanic on the 15th of April, 1912, has become one of the most profound moments in modern history.

    Saving the Titanic (2012)

  • Brewster, Hugh. Deadly Voyage: RMS Titanic.

    Academic text (2012)

  • She's most well known as one of the 710 survivors of the RMS Titanic disaster.

    Blog text (31)

  • The sinking of the RMS Titanic, as painted by Willy Stwer.

    Blog text (11)

  • British and U.S. investigations of the Titanic tragedy have resulted in greater lifeboat capacity, improved subdivision of ships, and the creation of an ice patrol. RMS Titanic, the largest ship of its day, was built in Belfast.

    Academic text (2012)

  • It's a fact that Woodrow Wilson's senior advisor, Edward House, deliberately sent a passenger ship, the RMS Lusitania, into German-controlled waters with the intention that it be hit by a U-boat, which it was, and that brings America into World War I.

    The Conspiracy (2012)

  • The RMS Titanic was known for being the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of its time.

Surface Forms

RMS singular
RMSs plural

Etymology

RMS originally meant Royal, Mail, Ship, showing the vessel carried the 'mail' for the royal postal service. That's why famous passenger ships like the RMS Titanic had these letters before their names.