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 in the world in 1927 when it took over the White Star Line. The company was liquidated and its assets taken over by the newly formed Royal Mail Lines in 1932 after financial trouble and scandal; over the years RML declined to no more than the name of a service run by former rival Hamburg Süd.

For the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, see Cunard Line.

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
IndustryShipping
Founded1839
FounderJames Macqueen
Defunct1932
FateLiquidated
SuccessorRoyal Mail Lines Ltd
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Lord Kylsant
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