whats RMS?
2007-02-07 12:53:26 · 10 answers · asked by Blahhh 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
RMS means Royal Mail Ship.
It is a prefix like HMS to a ships name.
RMS Queen Mary for exmple.
Just checked Lloyds registry of shipping after reading yankee sailor's answer. He is correct, RMS is Royal Mail Ship. The only RMS ship still in service is the RMS St Helena. A link to her is http://www.rms-st-helena.com/
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2007-02-07 13:49:12 · answer #1 · answered by Geoff 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
unfortunately, Geoff is close but not correct.....RMS is Royal MAIL Ship; it means a ship given a contract to carry the Royal Mail ( English Post Office to us Americans)..it was a form of government subsidy in the 1880s to 1930s, and yes indeed, Queen Mary 1 was a Royal Mail Ship ( actually, when this was used, power driven ships were all steamers, so technically Royal Mail Steamer is also correct).
There is only one RMS still in existence; and that is the ship
( sorry, I don't have the name) that does the supply run to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic from England.
2007-02-08 07:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Royal Mail Steamer as in RMS Queen Mary. Check Cunard line subsidies from English govt.
2007-02-08 14:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RMS is Royal Merchant Ship according to wikepedia.
Never heard of a Royal Mail Ship.
Curious about the source though.
2007-02-08 12:39:24 · answer #4 · answered by sailingsue 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As used on the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, the letters mean Royal Majesty's Ship
2007-02-10 12:31:21 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only "RMS" I can think of is "Root Mean Square" and is a parameter for the measurement of AC voltage.
2007-02-08 11:27:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It also has to do with a measurement of energy= Root Mean Squared
2007-02-07 23:26:35 · answer #7 · answered by jasenwhetstone 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I THINK ITS A SIGNAL MEASURING DEVICE FOR A/C CURRENT
2007-02-07 21:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by woolly worm 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Geoff's got it, there is also "USS" (UNITED STATES SHIP) as in "USS KITTY HAWK"
2007-02-08 02:37:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
geoff is correct
2007-02-07 23:08:05 · answer #10 · answered by sevenout7 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋