Royal Mail Ship

RMS Queen Mary 2.

Royal Mail Ship (RMS: "Buque do Correo Real"), tamén denominado Royal Mail Steamship (ou Steamer), é un prefixo naval utilizado nos transatlánticos que transportan o correo da Royal Mail británica. Algúns barcos famosos con este acrónimo foron o RMS Olympic, o RMS Titanic, e tamén o RMS Mauretania e mailo RMS Lusitania.

A denominación Royal Mail Ship empezou a ser usada en 1840,^[1] e foi utilizada por un gran número de compañías, mais frecuentemente é asociada coa Cunard Line,^[2][3] que fixo coa Royal Mail un gran contrato de transporte e usou o prefixo tradicional RMS en case todas as súas naves. Hoxe en día continúa usándoo no seu buque insignia, o RMS Queen Mary 2.

Listaxe de buques RMS

Nome	Liña	Viaxe inaugural	Retirada de servizo	Destino
Queen Elizabeth 2	Cunard	1969	2008	Vendido a Dubai World
Queen Mary 2	Cunard	2004		En servizo
St Helena	HM Government	1990		En servizo
Adriatic	White Star	1907	1934	Desmantelado
Aquitania	Cunard	1914	1950	Desmantelado
Arabia	Peninsular and Oriental	1898	1916	Afundido
Alcantara	Royal Mail Lines	1913	1916	Afundido en batalla como buque hospital
Alcantara	Royal Mail Lines	1926	1958	Desmantelado
Andes	Royal Mail Lines	1913	1929	Renomeado coma Atlantis
RMS Andes	Royal Mail Lines	1939	1959	Desmantelado
Arlanza	Royal Mail Lines	1912	1938	Desmantelado
Atlantic	White Star	1871	1873	Afundido
Baltic	White Star	1904	1933	Desmantelado
Berengaria	Cunard	1913	1938	Desmantelado
Britannia	Cunard	1840	1880	Afundido
Lucania	Cunard	1893	1909	Desmantelado
Carpathia	Cunard	1903	1918	Afundido por acción inimiga
Britannic	White Star	1915	1916	Afundido por acción inimiga
Caronia	Cunard White Star	1949	1974	Desmantelado
Celtic	White Star	1901	1933	Desmantelado
Cedric	White Star	1903	1932	Desmantelado
Dunottar Castle	Union Castle	1890	1915	Afundido
Empress of China[4]	Canadian Pacific	1891	1912	Desmantelado
Empress of India[4]	Canadian Pacific	1891	1919	Desmantelado
Empress of Japan[4]	Canadian Pacific	1891	1926[5]	Desmantelado
Empress of Britain	Canadian Pacific	1906	1930	Desmantelado
Empress of Ireland	Canadian Pacific	1906	1914	Afundido por unha colisión; 1.000 mortos
Empress of Asia[6]	Canadian Pacific	1913	1942[6]	Afundido por acción inimiga
Empress of Russia[7]	Canadian Pacific	1913	1945[7]	Vendido coma ferralla
Empress of France	Canadian Pacific	1914	1931	Desmantelado en 1934
Empress of India	Canadian Pacific	1908	1928	Vendido coma ferralla en 1929
Empress of Australia[8]	Canadian Pacific	1922	1952[9]	Desmantelado
Empress of Scotland	Canadian Pacific	1906	1930	Vendido coma ferralla en 1930
Empress of Canada	Canadian Pacific	1922	1943[7]	Afundido por un torpedo
Empress of Canada	Canadian Pacific	1929	1953	Desmantelado
Empress of Japan	Canadian Pacific	1930	1966	Incendiado e vendido coma ferralla
Empress of Britain	Canadian Pacific	1931	1940[10]	Afundido por un torpedo
Empress of Scotland	Canadian Pacific	1930	1966	Incendiado e vendido coma ferralla
Empress of Australia	Canadian Pacific	1953	1956	Vendido coma ferralla en 1962
Empress of Britain	Canadian Pacific	1956	.	Vendido coma ferralla en 2008
Empress of England[11]	Canadian Pacific	1957	.	Desmantelado
Empress of Canada[12]	Canadian Pacific	1961	.	Vendido coma ferralla en 2003
Etruria	Cunard	1885	1909	Desmantelado
Homeric	White Star	1922	1935	Desmantelado
Laconia	Cunard	1922	1942	Afundido por acción inimiga
Laconia	Cunard	1912	1917	Afundido por acción inimiga
Lusitania	Cunard	1907	1915	Afundido por acción inimiga
Mauretania	Cunard White Star	1939	1965	Desmantelado
Maloja	Peninsular and Oriental	1923	1954	Desmantelado
Majestic	White Star	1922	1940	Desmantelado
Medina	Peninsular and Oriental	1911	1917	Afundido por acción inimiga
Mooltan	Peninsular and Oriental	1923	1953	Desmantelado
Niagara	Union Steamship	1912	1940	Afundido por acción inimiga
Oceanic	White Star	1871	1896	Desmantelado
Queen Elizabeth	Cunard White Star	1940	1968	Incendiado e afundido
Royal Adelaide	City of Dublin Steam Packet	1838	1849	Afundido
Georgic	White Star	1933	1954	Desmantelado
Olympic	White Star	1911	1935	Desmantelado
Mauretania	Cunard	1907	1935	Desmantelado
Queen Mary	Cunard White Star	1936	1967	Retirado
Umbria	Cunard	1884	1910	Desmantelado
Scythia	Cunard	1921	1958	Desmantelado
Titanic	White Star	1912	1912	Afundido pola acción dun iceberg
Tayleur	White Star (non OSNC)	1853	1853
Windsor Castle	Union-Castle	1960	1998	Desmantelado
Viceroy of India	Peninsular and Oriental	1927	1942	Afundido por acción inimiga
Oceanic	White Star	1899	1914	Desmantelado
Snaefell	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1910	1918	Afundido por acción inimiga
Mona's Queen	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1934	?	?
King Orry	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1911	?	?
Lady of Mann	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1930	?	?
Ben My Chree	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1927	?	?
Peel Castle	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1894	?	?
Fenella	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1937	?	?
Tynwald	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1937	?	?
Segwun	Muskoka Steamships	1887		Restaurado e retorno ao servizo
Trent	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1841	1865	Desmantelado
Leinster	City of Dublin Steam Packet	1896	1918	Afundido por acción inimiga; 517 desaparecidos
Servia	Cunard	1881	1901	Desmantelado

Notas

1. A primeira mención en The Times é do 18 de agosto de 1840.
2. Royal Mails employees Courier newspaper, agosto de 2007, páxina 20.
3. Maxtone-Graham, John et al. (2004). Queen Mary 2, p. 184.
4. Kennedy, p. 150.
5. Kirsten Weisenburger, Kirsten and Marc Dinsdale. "First Class Warrior Empress," Arquivado 09 de xaneiro de 2009 en Wayback Machine. Pacific Rim Online Magazine (Vancouver, British Columbia). 1998.
6. "Empress of Asia Sunk Last Feb. 4; Canadian Pacific Liner Hit by Five Bombs in Flight From Singapore MOST OF TROOPS ESCAPED 16,909-Ton Ship Abandoned After Four-Day Fires Had Ruined Her Interior," New York Times. May 20, 1942.
7. "Pacific Air Routes Replace Ship Line; Canadian Company Abandons Pre-War Service of Fleet, Maps Overseas Flights," New York Times. April 10, 1949.
8. By Wireless from R.M.S. Empress of Australia. "Royal Gifts Gladden 172 On Lonely Atlantic Island" (Tristan da Cunya)," New York Times. 24 March 1935; Robinson, Samuel. (1924). Official report of Capt. S. Robinson, R.N.R.,: Commander of the Canadian Pacific S.S. "Empress of Australia", on the Japanese earthquake, the fire and subsequent relief operations.
9. 40-year-old Ship Makes Last Trip; Empress of Australia, Luxury Liner and Troop Carrier, on Way to Scrap Heap," New York Times. 1 de Mayo, 1952.
10. "British Announce Empress Ship Loss; Admiralty Fixes Death Toll at 45 Out of 643 Aboard Canadian Pacific Liner TORPEDOES FINISH JOB U-Boat Overtakes Burning Ship in Tow and Completes Task Started by Bomber Ship Attacked Three Times Women and Children Calm," New York Times. 29 de Outubro, 1940.
11. "Lady Eden to Launch Ship," New York Times. 5 de maio, 1956.
12. "Transport News and Notes; Empress of France Will Be Retired," New York Times. 27 de Noviembre, 1960.