The RMS Titanic ready to sail on her fateful voyage. Cruise line
history looks at the Post Office aboard the Titanic. A little
known part of the Titanic story. On April 9th, 1912 the RMS
Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sunk less
than three hours later, killing more than 1,500 people. Amongst
the dead were five postal workers, British citizens James
Williamson and Jago Smith and US citizens William Gwinn, John
March and Oscar Woody. The doomed postal workers on the RMS
Titanic. RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship, indicating that the
Titanic was contracted to carry mail. The Titanic had a Post
Office and Mail Room deep in the ship on decks F and G, the blue
prints of which are held by the BPMA. The five postal workers
were tasked with sorting much of the mail which had been brought
on board the ship, 3,364 bags in total, as well as dealing with
any letters which were posted on the ship by passengers and
crew. [Read more...]