Royal Mail Ship

Royal Mail Ship (RMS: "Buque del Correo Real"), también denominado Royal Mail Steamship (o Steamer), es un acrónimo naval utilizado en los transatlánticos que transportan el correo de la Royal Mail británica. Algunos barcos famosos con este acrónimo fueron el RMS Lusitania, el RMS Titanic, el RMS Empress of Ireland, el RMS Queen Mary, y también el RMS Queen Elizabeth 2.

La denominación Royal Mail Ship empezó a ser usada en 1840,^[1] y fue utilizada por un gran número de compañías, pero frecuentemente es asociada con la Cunard Line,^[2]^[3] la cual hizo con la Royal Mail un gran contrato de transporte y utilizó el prefijo tradicional RMS en casi todos sus navíos. Hoy en día continúa usándolo en su buque insignia, el RMS Queen Mary 2.

Lista de buques RMS

Nombre	Línea	Viaje inaugural	Retirada de servicio	Destino
Adriatic	White Star	1907	1934	Desguazado
Alcantara	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1913	1916	Hundido por acción enemiga
Alcantara	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1926	1958	Desguazado
Andes	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1913	1929	Renombrado como Atlantis
Andes	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1939	1959	Desguazado
Aquitania	Cunard	1914	1950	Desguazado
Arabia	Peninsular and Oriental	1898	1916	Hundido
Arlanza	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1912	1938	Desguazado
Arundel Castle	Union-Castle	1921	1959	Desguazado
Atlantic	White Star	1871	1873	Hundido
Atrato	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1853	1884	Hundido
Baltic	White Star	1904	1933	Desguazado
Berengaria	Cunard	1913	1938	Desguazado
Britannia	Cunard	1840	1880	Hundido
Ben My Chree	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1927	?	?
Campania	Cunard	1893	1918	Hundido
Carmania	Cunard	1905	1932	Desguazado
Caronia	Cunard	1905	1933	Desguazado
Caronia	Cunard	1949	1974	Desguazado
Carpathia	Cunard	1903	1918	Hundido por acción enemiga
Cedric	White Star	1903	1932	Desguazado
Celtic	White Star	1901	1928	Encallado en las rocas; desguazado en el sitio
Dunottar Castle	Union-Castle	1890	1915	Hundido
Empress of Asia^[4]	Canadian Pacific	1913	1942^[4]	Hundido por acción enemiga
Empress of Australia^[5]	Canadian Pacific	1922	1952^[6]	Desguazado
Empress of Australia	Canadian Pacific	1953	1956	Desguazado
Empress of Britain	Canadian Pacific	1906	1930	Desguazado
Empress of Britain	Canadian Pacific	1931	1940^[7]	Hundido por acción enemiga
Empress of Britain	Canadian Pacific	1956	2008	Desguazado
Empress of Canada	Canadian Pacific	1922	1943^[8]	Hundido por acción enemiga
Empress of Canada	Canadian Pacific	1929	1953	Desguazado
Empress of Canada^[9]	Canadian Pacific	1961	2003	Desguazado
Empress of China^[10]	Canadian Pacific	1891	1912	Desguazado
Empress of England^[11]	Canadian Pacific	1957	1975	Desguazado
Empress of France	Canadian Pacific	1914	1931	Desguazado
Empress of India^[10]	Canadian Pacific	1891	1919	Desguazado
Empress of India	Canadian Pacific	1908	1928	Desguazado
Empress of Ireland	Canadian Pacific	1906	1914	Hundido
Empress of Japan^[10]	Canadian Pacific	1891	1926^[12]	Desguazado
Empress of Japan	Canadian Pacific	1930	1966	Incendiado y vendido como chatarra
Empress of Russia^[8]	Canadian Pacific	1913	1945^[8]	Desguazado
Empress of Scotland	Canadian Pacific	1906	1930	Desguazado
Empress of Scotland	Canadian Pacific	1930	1966	Incendiado y vendido como chatarra
Etruria	Cunard	1885	1909	Desguazado
Fenella	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1937	?	?
Franconia	Cunard	1911	1916	Hundido por acción enemiga
Homeric	White Star	1922	1935	Desguazado
Ivernia	Cunard	1955	1973	Desguazado
King Orry	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1911	?	?
Laconia	Cunard	1912	1917	Hundido por acción enemiga
Laconia	Cunard	1922	1942	Hundido por acción enemiga
Lady of Mann	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1930	?	?
Lancastria	Cunard	1922	1940	Hundido por acción enemiga
Leinster	City of Dublin Steam Packet	1896	1918	Hundido por acción enemiga
Lucania	Cunard	1893	1909	Desguazado
Lusitania	Cunard	1907	1915	Hundido por acción enemiga
Majestic	White Star	1890	1914	Desguazado
Majestic	White Star	1922	1939	Incendiado y vendido como chatarra
Maloja	Peninsular and Oriental	1923	1954	Desguazado
Mauretania	Cunard	1907	1935	Desguazado
Mauretania	Cunard	1939	1965	Desguazado
Medina	Peninsular and Oriental	1911	1917	Hundido por acción enemiga
Mona's Queen	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1934	?	?
Mooltan	Peninsular and Oriental	1923	1953	Desguazado
Niagara	Union Steamship	1912	1940	Hundido por acción enemiga
Oceanic	White Star	1871	1896	Desguazado
Oceanic	White Star	1899	1914	Hundido
Olympic	White Star	1911	1935	Desguazado
Peel Castle	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1894	?	?
Queen Elizabeth	Cunard	1940	1968	Incendiado y hundido
Queen Elizabeth 2	Cunard	1969	2008	Barco museo y hotel en Puerto Rashid, Dubái
Queen Mary	Cunard	1936	1967	Barco museo y hotel en Long Beach, California
Queen Mary 2	Cunard	2004		En servicio
Republic	White Star	1903	1909	Hundido
Royal Adelaide	City of Dublin Steam Packet	1838	1849	Hundido
Saxonia	Cunard	1954	1971	Desguazado
Scythia	Cunard	1921	1958	Desguazado
Segwun	Muskoka Steamships	1887		Restaurado; en servicio
Servia	Cunard	1881	1901	Desguazado
Snaefell	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1910	1918	Hundido por acción enemiga
St Helena	Gobierno del Reino Unido	1990		En servicio
Tayleur	White Star	1854	1854	Hundido en su viaje inaugural
Teutonic	White Star	1889	1921	Desguazado
Titanic	White Star	1912	1912	Hundido en su viaje inaugural
Trent	Royal Mail Steam Packet	1841	1865	Desguazado
Tynwald	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1937	?	?
Umbria	Cunard	1884	1910	Desguazado
Windsor Castle	Union-Castle	1922	1943	Hundido por acción enemiga
Windsor Castle	Union-Castle	1960	1998	Desguazado
Viceroy of India	Peninsular and Oriental	1927	1942	Hundido por acción enemiga

Referencias

↑ La primera mención en The Times es del 18 de agosto de 1840.
↑ Royal Mails employees Courier newspaper, agosto de 2007, página 20.
↑ Maxtone-Graham, John et al. (2004). Queen Mary 2, p. 184.
1 2 "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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ "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 Octubre, 1940.
1 2 3 "Pacific Air Routes Replace Ship Line; Canadian Company Abandons Pre-War Service of Fleet, Maps Overseas Flights," New York Times. April 10, 1949.
↑ "Transport News and Notes; Empress of France Will Be Retired," New York Times. 27 de Noviembre, 1960.
1 2 3 Kennedy, p. 150.
↑ "Lady Eden to Launch Ship," New York Times. 5 de Mayo, 1956.
↑ Kirsten Weisenburger, Kirsten and Marc Dinsdale. "First Class Warrior Empress," Archivado el 9 de enero de 2009 en Wayback Machine. Pacific Rim Online Magazine (Vancouver, British Columbia). 1998.

Datos: Q841696
Multimedia: Royal Mail Ships / Q841696

[1] La primera mención en The Times es del 18 de agosto de 1840.

[ReferenceA-2] Royal Mails employees Courier newspaper, agosto de 2007, página 20.

[3] Maxtone-Graham, John et al. (2004). Queen Mary 2, p. 184.

[nyt1942-4] 1 2 "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.

[nyt1935-5] 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.

[nyt1952-6] 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.

[7] "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 Octubre, 1940.

[nyt1949-8] 1 2 3 "Pacific Air Routes Replace Ship Line; Canadian Company Abandons Pre-War Service of Fleet, Maps Overseas Flights," New York Times. April 10, 1949.

[nyt1960-9] "Transport News and Notes; Empress of France Will Be Retired," New York Times. 27 de Noviembre, 1960.

[kennedy150-10] 1 2 3 Kennedy, p. 150.

[nyt1956-11] "Lady Eden to Launch Ship," New York Times. 5 de Mayo, 1956.

[12] Kirsten Weisenburger, Kirsten and Marc Dinsdale. "First Class Warrior Empress," Archivado el 9 de enero de 2009 en Wayback Machine. Pacific Rim Online Magazine (Vancouver, British Columbia). 1998.

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