la sigla R.M.S.

[codaste]

Tengo entendido que la sigla R.M.S. que llevan algunos transatlanticos britanicos significa:
Royal Mail Ship( o steamships),que significaria: barco de correo real,ahora bien tengo dos preguntas que hacer al respecto y les agradeceria si alguien me las puede contestar;
1) ¿ llevaban ese nombre porque llevaban el correo postal de la nacion?
2) ¿^Porque el transatlantico R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 2 tambien llevaba esa sigla si en los tiempos en que fue construido el correo postal generalmente se lo enviaba por linea aerea,es decir por aviones?,gracias desde ya.

 

[victor]

¿puede ser que las siglas RMS precedan tambiien los nombres de buques de guerra británicos? Me suena que si, con lo que a lo mejor significa otra cosa. ¿alguien puede aclararlo? Gracias.

 

[Salva.P]

Definition of R.M.S. when used in front of ship names:

"R.M.S., the prefix, short for Royal Mail Ship, placed before the name of a British merchant ship with a licence to carry the Royal Mails. It was the granting of mail licences to commercial shipowners during the 19th century which gave so great a fillip to British shipbuilding and made possible the formation of the big steamship lines, Cunard, P&O, etc. Until that time the oversea mails had been carried in sailing packets owned and operated by the Post Office, but with the introduction of steam propulsion it proved too great a financial burden on the Post Office to build new steamships, and thus the carriage of the mails was farmed out to commercial shipowners. Only the fastest ships, which were normally passenger liners, received the licence and thus the right to use the prefix R.M.S."

However some alternative interpretations of the definition of R.M.S. have its meaning as Royal Mail Steamship and motor ships had the prefix R.M.M.V. with this meaning Royal Mail Motor Vessel. There are very few true R.M.S. ships today as they tended to stop carrying the Royal Mails in the 1970s after Royal Mail began to use aeroplanes. However some remote British overseas territories are still served by R.M.S. vessels for example the RMS St Helena which sails from Portland to Ascension Island and St Helena continuing on to Cape Town. Notably this ship's route is the direct replacement for the Union-Castle Line route.

Otras siglas que usan los ingleses para la Navy -los de guerra- son las HMS (Her/His Majesty Ship) y RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary)

...perdona el latazo de inglés...

 

[victor]

Es verdad, los de guerra son HMS