RMS Trent

The RMS Trent was a British Royal Mail paddle steamer built in 1841 by William Pitcher of Northfleet for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She displaced 1,856 gross tons and could carry 60 passengers.

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Trent served the transatlantic passenger route until she was requisitioned by the British government on the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854 for use as a troopship. She returned to her former civilian service in 1856.

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Her seizure by the US Navy in November 1861 provoked the Trent Affair, which almost led to war between the United Kingdom and the USA.

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Trent continued in service until 1865, when she was sold and subsequently scrapped.

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British: The word British has several different uses. See the article on Britain for more details on the development and use of the word Britain....

Royal Mail: Royal Mail is the national postal service in the United Kingdom. Historically, the Royal Mail was a government department, but it became a nationalised industry in 1969. The Royal Mail was responsible for the telephone service in the UK until BT was demerged in 1981....

Paddle steamer: A paddle steamer, paddleboat, or paddlewheeler is a ship or boat propelled by one or more paddle wheels driven by a steam engine. Boats with paddle wheels on the sides are also called sidewheelers, while those with a single wheel on the stern are known as sternwheelers. The paddle steamer is obsolet...

RMS Trent related Images and Photos (experimental)

RMS. Aquitania	Trent Edwards 2009	Trent Edwards 2009	Trent Reznor Rolling Stone no. 690 September 1994
Terence Trent D'Arby Rolling Stone no. 528 June 16 1988	Trent Reznor and David Lynch Rolling Stone no. 755 March 1997	The Council of Trent 1588-89	Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary
Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Queen Elizabeth	The Council of Trent Initiates the Counter-Reformation	Organ Panel Depicting the Sitting of the Council of Trent in Trent Cathedral December 1565 1703