Devitt and Moore
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Devitt and Moore were 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 the City of Adelaide
City of Adelaide (1864)
The City of Adelaide was built in 1864 by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, and was launched on 7 May 1864. The ship was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Carrick between 1923 and 1948 and, after decommissioning, was known as Carrick until 2001...

and the South Australian. With the advent of steam, they developed a training scheme for cadets and formed Pangbourne College
Pangbourne College
Pangbourne College is a coeducational independent school located in the civil parish of Pangbourne, just South West of the village, in the English County of Berkshire....

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Devitt and Moore Fleet

In purchasing their first two full-rigged ships from Duncan Dunbar
Duncan Dunbar (ship owner)
Duncan Dunbar was a Scottish ship owner and wine merchant who built the Dunbar Line of trading and convict ships.-External links:*...

 in 1863, Devitt & Moore started their long connection with Australia as shipowners. Over the next 55 years until the end of the First World War, when they finally conceded to the competition from the steamships, at various times the Devitt and Moore fleet comprised 29 square-rigged sailing ships and two steamships carrying passengers, wool, copper and general cargo between Great Britain and Australia.

The following list of ships owned by Devitt and Moore was adapted from a book by Capt. A.G. Course.
Vessel Name Original Rig Material Builders Date Built Period Owned Gross Tonnage Net Tonnage Length Overall (feet) Breadth (feet) Depth(feet)
Ship Wood James Laing, Sunderland 1851 1863-1872 967 925 165.7 33 22.9
Ship Wood James Laing, Sunderland 1855 1863-1886 1331 - 226 35 22.9
Ship Composite William Pile
William Pile (shipbuilder)
William Pile was a renowned British shipbuilder. He was the first to introduce the Clipper class of ship to the river Wear, Sunderland.'his genius was displayed in the building of ships, wherein he was not excelled...

, Sunderland
1864 1864-1887 791 696 176.8 33.2 18.8
Barque 3-masted Wood -, Sunderland 1858 1864-1868 441 - 128.5 27.5 18
Barque 3-masted Wood G. Gardner, Sunderland 1865 1865-1883 465 - 142 28.5 17.5
Ship Wood Smith, Aberdeen 1865 1865-1880 770 - 177 30.6 18.4
Ship Composite William Pile
William Pile (shipbuilder)
William Pile was a renowned British shipbuilder. He was the first to introduce the Clipper class of ship to the river Wear, Sunderland.'his genius was displayed in the building of ships, wherein he was not excelled...

 & Co., Sunderland
1865 1865-1887 892 - 190 35 18.9
Ship Wood James Laing, Sunderland 1866 1866-1887 1521 - 231 38.2 22.8
Ship Wood James Laing, Sunderland 1864 1866-1881 925 - 182.7 33.9 21.5
Ship Composite William Pile
William Pile (shipbuilder)
William Pile was a renowned British shipbuilder. He was the first to introduce the Clipper class of ship to the river Wear, Sunderland.'his genius was displayed in the building of ships, wherein he was not excelled...

 & Co., Sunderland
1868 1868-1887 1078 1049 201 36 20.1
Ship Composite William Pile
William Pile (shipbuilder)
William Pile was a renowned British shipbuilder. He was the first to introduce the Clipper class of ship to the river Wear, Sunderland.'his genius was displayed in the building of ships, wherein he was not excelled...

 & Co., Sunderland
1868 1868-1888 1179 1120 203 36.2 21.5
Ship Wood A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen 1860 1868-1874 595 550 170 29.1 18.1
Ship Iron William Pile
William Pile (shipbuilder)
William Pile was a renowned British shipbuilder. He was the first to introduce the Clipper class of ship to the river Wear, Sunderland.'his genius was displayed in the building of ships, wherein he was not excelled...

 & Co., Sunderland
1869 1871-1881 717 676 187.7 30.6 18
Barque 3-masted Iron McMillan, Dumbarton 1869 1871-1884 739 698 184.6 29.6 18
Ship Iron J. & G. Rennie, London 1863 1872-1890 848 - 177 32.6 20
Ship Iron W. Hood & Co., Aberdeen 1872 1872-1893 1064 1015 211.1 34.8 21
Ship Composite A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen 1866 1872-1889 2130 - 272 40 27
Ship Iron William Pile
William Pile (shipbuilder)
William Pile was a renowned British shipbuilder. He was the first to introduce the Clipper class of ship to the river Wear, Sunderland.'his genius was displayed in the building of ships, wherein he was not excelled...

 & Co., Sunderland
1874 1874-1896 1519 1447 235.6 38.4 22
Steamer Iron Samuda, Blackwall, London 1873 1875-1880 1316 - 249.7 32.8 22.3
Ship Iron Denny & Rankin, Dumbarton 1865 1880-1889 963 - 199.2 33.2 20.9
Ship Iron Dobie & Co., Glasgow 1881 1881-1907 1963 1887 269.1 40.6 24
Barque 4-masted Iron Tod & McGregor, Glasgow 1854 1882-1883 2288 2172 330.2 39.8 26.7
Ship Iron McMillan, Dumbarton 1884 1884-1904 1970 1890 275 40.2 23.7
Ship Iron R. & H. Green Blackwall, London 1875 1887-1904 1965 1857 269.8 40.1 23.7
Ship Steel Napier, Shanks & Bell, Dumbarton 1889 1889-1900 2115 2048 286.8 42.5 24
Ship Iron R. Steele & Co., Port Glasgow 1876 1890-1898 1585 1506 253.5 37.6 22.4
Ship Iron R. Steele & Co., Port Glasgow 1873 1890-1899 1859 1777 262.2 39.7 23.5
Ship Iron W. Doxford & Son, Pallion Sunderland 1867 1899-1901 673 655 170.6 29.5 19.1
Barque 4-masted Iron A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen 1882 1906-1916 2212 1994 286.2 41.1 25.2
Barque 4-masted Steel A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton 1902 1910-1918 2516 2298 300 43.2 24.8
Barquentine Iron and teak sheathing Ramage & Ferguson, Leith 1890 1919-1921 694 - 191 32.1 17.8
Barquentine Composite Bowdler, Chaffer & Co., Seacombe 1874 1920-1922 did not sail 334 - 170 27.5 13.8

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