Many consider the Titanic a cruise ship. This is likely due to the fact that it was built to be a luxury ship for passengers. The first use of the word “cruise ship" or “cruise liner" was in 1900 with the luxury cruising ship, Prinzessin Victoria Luise. But many point to the fact that the Titanic is actually a Royal Mail Ship (which came with the benefits I have spoken about before), but that was not the original designation of the vessel. Originally, the Titanic was going to be called the SS Titanic. SS stands for Screw Steamer, also known as Steamship, but after carrying Royal Mail, it gained the RMS title.
Was it a cruise ship? That is up for debate. It wasn’t ever called a cruise ship, but it was also considered a luxury liner. Ultimately, the ship pulled double duty as an RMS and passenger luxury liner.
Steam ship?
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So it sunk under the pressure of the multiple responsibilities it had?
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The discussions had on this article will probably only be the tip of the iceberg.
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Did they have postmen on board ?
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Did they have postmen on board ?
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Did it carry strongly worded letters to the White Star Line about all of this?
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Did they have postmen on board ?
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The Marconi company, the Edwardian equivalent of a top technology brand, had put its wireless operators on board, passengers were able to send and receive messages to and from shore. There was also a daily newspaper printed onboard the ship that was delivered on request.
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Everyone on there had a very ice time.
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What happened on that fateful night of April 12th 1912?
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I thought it sailed from Southampton on April 12th,it was April 15th it collided with the ice-berg, wasn't it ?
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The f***ing 15th of April then!