Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

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The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a major British shipping line that operated transatlantic and other international mail and passenger services from the 19th to the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British company
shipping company
carried cargo
mail
passengers
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1932
fleetType ocean liners
steamships
foundedBy James MacQueen NERFINISHED
grantedBy British government NERFINISHED
hasContract Royal Mail contract
hasPrivilege carriage of mails between Britain and South America
carriage of mails between Britain and the Caribbean
headquartersLocation London NERFINISHED
inception 1839
industry mail transport
passenger transport
shipping
legalForm public company
mainRoute United Kingdom–Caribbean NERFINISHED
United Kingdom–North Atlantic NERFINISHED
United Kingdom–South America NERFINISHED
notableShip RMS Alcantara NERFINISHED
RMS Amazon (1851) NERFINISHED
RMS Andes NERFINISHED
RMS Aragon NERFINISHED
RMS Asturias NERFINISHED
RMS Atrato NERFINISHED
RMS Demerara NERFINISHED
RMS Magdalena NERFINISHED
RMS Orinoco NERFINISHED
RMS Tagus NERFINISHED
RMS Trent NERFINISHED
operatedAs mail carrier for the British Empire
operatedDuring Edwardian era NERFINISHED
Victorian era NERFINISHED
World War I NERFINISHED
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
North Atlantic NERFINISHED
South America NERFINISHED
operatingPeriodEnd 20th century
operatingPeriodStart 19th century
peakPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
serviceType mail packet service
ocean liner service
transatlantic shipping service
successor Royal Mail Lines NERFINISHED

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SS Great Western soldTo Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Royal Mail Lines precededBy Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Samuel Cunard founded Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
this entity surface form: British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
David MacIver coFounded Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
this entity surface form: British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company