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The Titanic was a Royal Mail Carrier

In addition to being a luxury liner for conveying passengers, the Titanic fulfilled another equally important purpose by being a Royal Mail Carrier. The prefix in RMS Titanic actually stands for Royal Mail Steamer, which is something that not many people know.

The ship had 5 mail clerks, a mailroom on the F and G decks, a post office, and a total of 3,423 stacks of mail. According to reports, while the ship was slowly sinking, the ship’s clerks kept on working and prioritized moving the expensive furniture on the lower decks to the upper deck.