So she will join an elite group of ships/boats with this designation or carrying the mail . The R.M.S. SEGWUN carries the Canadian Royal Mail across the waters of Lake Muskoka in Ontario, and there is the small mail ship that delivers the Royal Mail to St. Helena in the South Atlantic. In America the DELTA QUEEN, AMERICAN QUEEN and MISSISSIPPI QUEEN carry the U.S. Mail, and have their own post marks to cancel the mail.

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I don't think she should have this title if she does not carry any.

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[ 01-05-2004: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

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One question...was QE2 an RMS when new?

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Yes. The RMS was only dropped from the name after the re-engining.

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Originally posted by Frank X. Prudent:
I just received the February 2004 issue of "Cruise Travel" magazine today, and lo and behold M.T. Schwartzman in the annual New Ship Preview reveals that the QM2 will have the prefix R.M.S. for Royal Mail Ship given to her. Swartzman quotes a Cunard spokesman as saying, "This is a real coup for us."

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With all due respect to Cruise Travel magazine, has anyone else heard Cunard announce this?

Joe at TravelPage.com

Just when I thought the peerage discussion had settled down it flared up again and was beginning to consume this thread - which suprisingly is not about (human) peerage at all...

Given that it was veering off course I was left with no choice but to excise the topic as best I could. You are welcome to resurect the subject in the Mid-Ships Lounge or via e-mail/private messages.

Going forward, remember the tone we try to set here is similar to what one would find during a cocktail reception with the Captain. Please try to keep that in mind during your discussions with fellow CruiseTalkers.

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Going forward, remember the tone we try to set here is similar to what one would find during a cocktail reception with the Captain

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No problem, Joe.

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Going forward, remember the tone we try to set here is similar to what one would find during a cocktail reception with the Captain. Please try to keep that in mind during your discussions with fellow CruiseTalkers.

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Sorry Joe sometimes we drink a little too many "cocktail's" and tone off a bit... its just I guess we get passionate about a subject and are too quickie to reply too. I know i sounded off a few words i wish i did not post but also seeing some other replies from others i know we all do that too...

So often I read about "Carnival's hype" and "Carnival playing up that" but, truth is, Cunard has been "milking" their history long before Carnival took over.....actually, as far back as the '20's!

However, it’s hard to imagine the general public sending their mail by snail again? Mind you a Queen Mary 2 stamp on your envelope to NY would have quite a lot of kudos! I can't imagine my local post office giving me the option!

Again, sorry but the truth cannot be submerged under waves of hype and those clinging to liferings vainly believing that the past can somehow be recovered.

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I am sorry to be the nay sayer here, but R.M.S. will be a faux title for a faux liner. QM2 is neither and in fact she is a topheavy bloated caricature of the three genuine Queens which have preceeded her. Further, her owners are no longer a steamship line with grand traditions, but rather a cruise marketing megalith extraordinaire.

Again, sorry but the truth cannot be submerged under waves of hype and those clinging to liferings vainly believing that the past can somehow be recovered.

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[ 01-28-2004: Message edited by: CGT ]

Granted we are talking about the maiden voyage where "Murphy" is an ever-booked passenger.