Devitt and Moore

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Devitt and Moore was a British shipping company formed by Thomas Henry Devitt and Joseph Moore in 1836. They became shipowners and entered the passenger and cargo trade to Australia managing and owning many clipper ships such as City of Adelaide and South Australian. With the advent of steam, they developed a training scheme for cadets and formed Pangbourne College.[1]

House flag of Devitt and Moore

Devitt and Moore fleet

In purchasing their first two full-rigged ships from Duncan Dunbar in 1863, Devitt and Moore started their long connection with Australia as shipowners. Over the next fifty-five years until the end of the First World War when they finally conceded to the competition from steamships, at various times the Devitt and Moore fleet comprised twenty-nine square-rigged sailing ships and two steamships carrying passengers, wool, copper and general cargo between Great Britain and Australia. Thomas Henry Devitt's grandson Howson Foulger Devitt went on to establish the insurance broker Devitt Insurance in 1936.[2]

The following list of ships owned by Devitt and Moore was adapted from a book by Captain AG Course.[1]

More information Vessel Name, Original Rig ...
Vessel Name Original Rig Material Builders Date Built Period Owned Gross tonnage Net Tonnage Length Overall (feet) Breadth (feet) Depth(feet)
VimieraShipWoodJames Laing, Sunderland18511863-1872967925165.73322.9
La HogueShipWoodJames Laing, Sunderland18551863-18861331-2263522.9
City of AdelaideShipCompositeW Pile & Co, Sunderland18641864-1887791696176.833.218.8
Saint DunstanBarque 3-mastedWood-, Sunderland18581864-1868441-128.527.518
GrasmereBarque 3-mastedWoodG. Gardner, Sunderland18651865-1883465-14228.517.5
PekinaShipWoodSmith, Aberdeen18651865-1880770-17730.618.4
St VincentShipCompositeW Pile & Co, Sunderland18651865-1887892-1903518.9
ParramattaShipWoodJames Laing, Sunderland18661866-18871521-23138.222.8
Dunbar CastleShipWoodJames Laing, Sunderland18641866-1881925-182.733.921.5
South AustralianShipCompositeW Pile & Co, Sunderland18681868-1887107810492013620.1
HawkesburyShipCompositeW Pile & Co, Sunderland18681868-18881179112020336.221.5
Chaa-SzeShipWoodA Hall & Sons, Aberdeen18601868-187459555017029.118.1
OutalpaShipIronW Pile & Co, Sunderland18691871-1881717676187.730.618
GatesideBarque 3-mastedIronA. McMillan, Dumbarton18691871-1884739698184.629.618
John RennieShipIronJ. and G. Rennie, Millwall18631872-1890848-17732.620
CollingwoodShipIronW. Hood & Co, Aberdeen18721872-189310641015211.134.821
SobraonShipCompositeA Hall & Sons, Aberdeen18661872-18892130-2724027
RodneyShipIronW Pile & Co, Sunderland18741874-189615191447235.638.422
GlenelgSteamerIronSamuda Brothers, Blackwall18731875-18801316-249.732.822.3
Duke of AthollShipIronDenny & Rankin, Dumbarton18651880-1889963-199.233.220.9
IllawarraShipIronDobie & Co, Glasgow18811881-190719631887269.140.624
SimlaBarque 4-mastedIronTod & McGregor, Glasgow18541882-188322882172330.239.826.7
DerwentShipIronA. McMillan, Dumbarton18841884-19041970189027540.223.7
MacquarieShipIronR. & H. Green Blackwall, London18751887-190419651857269.840.123.7
TamarShipSteelNapier, Shanks & Bell, Dumbarton18891889-190021152048286.842.524
HarbingerShipIronR. Steele & Co, Port Glasgow18761890-189815851506253.537.622.4
HesperusShipIronR. Steele & Co, Port Glasgow18731890-189918591777262.239.723.5
IrvineShipIronW. Doxford & Son, Sunderland18671899-1901673655170.629.519.1
Port JacksonBarque 4-mastedIronA Hall & Sons, Aberdeen18821906-191622121994286.241.125.2
MedwayBarque 4-mastedSteelA. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton19021910-19182516229830043.224.8
St GeorgeBarquentineIron and teak sheathingRamage & Ferguson, Leith18901919-1921694-19132.117.8
SunbeamBarquentineCompositeBowdler, Chaffer & Co, Seacombe18741920-1922, training ship334-17027.513.8
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  • La Hogue
    La Hogue
  • City of Adelaide at Port Augusta c1882-83, after conversion to a barque.
    City of Adelaide at Port Augusta c1882-83, after conversion to a barque.
  • Pekina
    Pekina
  • Parramatta
    Parramatta
  • South Australian
    South Australian
  • Hawkesbury
    Hawkesbury
  • Figurehead of Chaa-Sze
    Figurehead of Chaa-Sze
  • John Rennie
    John Rennie
  • Barque Collingwood
    Barque Collingwood
  • Sobraon
    Sobraon
  • Rodney
    Rodney
  • Duke of Atholl
    Duke of Atholl
  • Illawarra
    Illawarra
  • Macquarie
    Macquarie
  • Tamar
    Tamar
  • Harbinger
    Harbinger
  • Hesperus
    Hesperus
  • Port Jackson
    Port Jackson
  • Medway
    Medway

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