RMS ''Amazon'' may refer to one of the following
Royal Mail Ship
Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship or Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail. The designation dates back to 1840. Any vessel de ...
s of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by a Scot, James MacQueen. The line's motto was ''Per Mare Ubique'' (everywhere by sea). After a troubled start, it became the largest shipping group ...
or
Royal Mail Lines:
* , an RMSP wooden
paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses we ...
that burned and sank on her maiden voyage in January 1852, killing 104 people
* , an RMSP
ocean liner sunk by on 15 March 1918.
* , an RML
ocean liner transferred to
Shaw, Savill Line in 1968 and later converted into the car transporter ship ''Akarita''.
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Ship names