Packet (Sea Transport), Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Packet (sea transport): A Packet service is a regular, scheduled service, carrying freight and passengers. The ships used for this service are called Packet ships or Packet boats, the seamen Packetmen and the business is called Packet trade. A Packet service was run by the UK General Post Office, from Tudor times until 1823, using small, fast, lightly-armed ships to carry state papers to overseas destinations, using a regular schedule. This sense became extended to mean any regularly-scheduled ship, carrying passengers, as in Packet trade. In this sense, the word "Packet" may be modified by the destination e. g. Sydney Packet, or by motive force e. g. Steam packet.