Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

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British company shipping company

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company	2
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company canonical	2

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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