The initials R.M.S mean Royal Mail Ship. Titanic was actually a mail ship, with a designated compartment on G deck. Aboard the Titanic was a Sea Post Office with a crew of five clerks, three Americans and two British. They worked thirteen hours a day, seven days a week, classifying about 60,000 items daily. The American sea post clerks earned about $1,000 a year in 1912. They also ate their meals free with the passengers and were allotted an allowance for their board while awaiting the return of their ship.
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The Titanic, One Century Later 
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This helped with my school assignment about the Titanic! Thanks!
Glad to hear Travis and thank you for taking the time to send your nice comment!
thanks for the information. Me and my friend Ryan are in love with the R.M.S titanic.
Thank you so much for your explanation! Our son is fainted by all things Titanic so this satisfied his curiosity of what R.M.S stood for. God bless your great grandfather ♡
Just a curiosity being the great grandchild of someone of died on the titanic how do you feel about items being brought from the titanic to the surface to be in museums or private collectons or do you thing the titanic should be left as it is as a memorial to those who lost there lives aboard and be protected to be left in peace.
Hi Mark, I can understand people who feel strongly about both viewpoints since it is a personal and emotional matter. I had the privilege of seeing the artifacts from the ship that were brought to the surface at the Las Vegas Titanic Exhibition, with the personal belongings of some of the passengers or the plates that were used during meals. It made the story and tragedy of Titanic even more present, powerful and human. In a way, there are two memorial sites for Titanic: one at a depth of 12000 feet below the surface of the ocean, which is being eaten by a bacterial superbug that will make Titanic disappear in about 20 years according to experts, and another one in Las Vegas.
im with Travis on this it realy helped with my moden history assignment thank you!
You’re most welcome. Glad it helped.
Wow, thanks! I’m definitely using this info for my school project! This was a real help!
You/re most welcome. I am glad that it helped you for a school project.
always wondered what the rms stood for. THANKS. i didnt know the titanic was a working vessel
you’re most welcome!
My auntie didn’t know what RMS means but I I it means Royal Mail Ship my auntie is a LOSER
After my young grandson showed a class mate how his glasses were unbreakable by breaking them, his mother threatened to take him back in time and purchase him a ticket on the Titanic.
That is cool
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My family visited the Titanic replica in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. One of the children wanted to know what r.m.s. stood for and I did not know. thank you for clarrifying for my child and for me
Thank you for your comment! Didn’t know there’s a Titanic replica in Pigeon Forge…is it in a museum or exhibition center?