packet ship
Scheduled cargo carrier
A packet ship was a vessel that sailed on a regular schedule between fixed ports, carrying mail, passengers, and cargo.
Before steamships, these sailing vessels provided the most reliable transatlantic service.
The term comes from the packets of mail they carried.
The packet ship departed Liverpool every Thursday bound for New York.
- clipperFast ship or trimmer
- sailing vesselWind-propelled watercraft
- steamerVapor-powered vessel
- voyageJourney by sea
- sea voyageTravel across ocean waters
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