Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Company was formed in 1839 and was the principal British shipping company serving the Caribbean and the east coast of Latin America. For further details on its history, see T A Bushell, Royal Mail: a Centenary History of the Royal Mail Line 1839-1939 (London [1939]).