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The Fleets
Devitt & Moore
Devitt & Moore started shipowning in 1863 to operate sailing
ships from London to Adelaide and Sydney with emigrants and was also
involved in the passage of convicts to Australia. Ships returned with
cargos of wool and wheat.
A brief experiment with steamships was made
in the 1870s but the first one was wrecked on her maiden voyage and the
company decided to stay with sail and operated until after World War
I but latterly could not compete with steamships.
In 1890 the company
formed an ocean training
scheme to prepare cadets as officers and "Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships
Ltd," was formed in 1909. The Nautical College, Pangbourne was founded in 1917
but by 1931 after several years of financial losses, the company was wound up
and the college registered as a non profit private company.
In 1969 the college
dropped much of its nautical training on favour of a more academic focus and
still operates as Pangbourne College.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data.
The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not an
all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would like
to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship
Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant
Ship web site.
House Flag:
Fleet:
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Chaa-Sze |
1860 |
wooden ship, 1868 purchased from Baring Bros, London,
1874 sold to J. Delaney, London, 28th Jun.1876 wrecked French Guiana. |
550 |
| City of Adelaide |
1864 |
composite ship, 1887 laid up, 1889 sold to T. Dixon,
Belfast, 1893 sold to Southampton Corporation for use as isolation
hospital, 1923 sold to British Admiralty for use as training ship,
renamed HMS Carrick, 1949 became RNVR club headquarters, 1990 sold
to Clyde Ship Trust, Glasgow. |
696 |
| Collingwood |
1872 |
iron ship, 1893 sold to Norway, 12th Mar.1917 sunk
by German submarine off Scilly Isles. |
1,015 |
| Derwent |
1884 |
iron ship, 1905 sold to Nielsen & Co., Larvik, 1925
sold to USA and converted to barge, 1949 scrapped. |
1,890 |
| Duke of Athole |
1865 |
iron ship, 1880 purchased from Montgomerie, Workman & Co.,
1889 sold to Germany renamed Carla Bauer, 18th Jan.1897 abandoned
in North Atlantic. |
963 |
| Dunbar Castle |
1864 |
wooden ship, 1866 purchased from Duncan Dunbar, 1881
sold to Goldmeister & Reis, Bremen renamed Singapore, 1899 scrapped. |
925 |
| Gateside |
1869 |
iron ship, 1871 purchased from Aiton & Co., Liverpool,
1884 sold to Goldberg & Sons, Swansea, 1896 sold to Norway renamed
Ragna, 1903 wrecked. |
698 |
| Grasmere |
1865 |
wooden barque, 1883 sold to Blair, Launceston, Tasmania,
1890 sold to Kauri Timber Co., Melbourne, 1895 wrecked in Cook Strait. |
465 |
| Harbinger |
1876 |
iron ship, 1890 purchased from Anderson, Anderson & Co.,
London, 1898 sold to J. Enlund, Raumo, 1910 scrapped. |
1,506 |
| Hawkesbury |
1868 |
composite ship, 1888 sold to Wilson, Son & Co., London,
1888 resold to Sweden, 1899 sold to Italy renamed Pinin, 1905 scrapped
after stranding on Goodwin Sands. |
1,120 |
| Hesperus |
1873 |
iron ship, 1890 purchased from Anderson, Anderson & Co.,
London, 1899 sold to Russia renamed Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna,
1921 sold to London Steamship & Trading Co. renamed Silvana, 1924
scrapped. |
1,777 |
| Illawarra |
1881 |
iron ship, 1899 became company sail training ship,
1907 sold to N. A. Lydersen, Tvedestrand, 5th Mar.1912 abandoned
in North Atlantic after cargo shifted. |
1,887 |
| Irvine |
1867 |
iron ship, 1899 purchased from D. Hunter & T. Clark,
Irvine, 1901 laid up, 1906 scrapped. |
655 |
| John Rennie |
1863 |
iron ship, 1872 purchased from Daniell & Co., London,
1890 sold to W.B. Jones, Swansea, 1892 abandoned at sea after cargo
shifted. |
848 |
| La Hogue |
1855 |
wooden ship, 1863 purchased from Duncan Dunbar, 1886
sold to Thomas Hick, London, run down and sunk by steamship during
First World War. |
1,331 |
| Macquarie |
1875 |
iron ship, ex- Melbourne, 1887 purchased from Blackwall
Line, 1888 renamed Macquarie, 1904 sold to J. Bryde, Sandefjord renamed
Fortuna, 1909 sold to Wallarah Coal Co., Sydney and hulked, 1953
scrapped. |
1,857 |
| Medway |
1902 |
steel barque, ex- Ama Begnakoa, 1910 purchased from
Sota y Aznar, Montevideo renamed Medway and used as training ship,
1918 sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., converted to steam tanker
and renamed Myr Shell, 1933 scrapped. |
2,298 |
| Outalpa |
1869 |
iron ship, ex- L'Imperatrice, 1871 purchased from
A. Pardew, Sunderland renamed Outalpa, 1881 sold to C. Donner, Hamburg
renamed Dido, 26th Aug.1883 wrecked off County Cork, Ireland. |
676 |
| Parramatta |
1866 |
wooden ship, 1887 sold to J. Simonsen, Mandal, Norway,
1898 went missing at sea. |
1,521 |
| Pekina |
1865 |
wooden ship, 1880 sold to Norway. |
770 |
| Port Jackson |
1882 |
iron barque, 1906 purchased from W. Duthie, Aberdeen,
1916 sold to Hessler & Co., West Hartlepool, 28th Apr.1917 sunk by
U.Boat off Fastnet. |
1,994 |
| Rodney |
1874 |
iron ship, 1897 sold to France renamed Gypsy, 7th
Dec.1901 wrecked off Cornwall. |
1,447 |
| Saint Dunstan |
1858 |
wooden barque, 1864 purchased from Burnett & Co.,
Newcastle, 1868 sold to Low & Co., Greenock, 1st Apr.1870 wrecked
at Yeddo Bay, Japan ; loss of 4 lives |
441 |
| Simla |
1854 |
iron barque, built for P&O
Line, 1880 sold to Alexander & Co., Glasgow and rebuilt as
sailing ship, 1882 purchased from Alexander & Co., 25th Dec.1883
sunk in collision with s/s City of Lucknow. |
2,172 |
| Sobraon |
1866 |
composite ship, 1866 chartered from Lowther, Maxton & Co.,
London, 1872 purchased, 1892 sold to NSW Government as reformatory
ship at Sydney, to Commonwealth Government as HMAS Tingara and used
as naval training ship, 1927 sold, 1941 scrapped. |
2,131 |
| South Australian |
1868 |
composite ship, 1887 sold to Woodside & Workman, Belfast,
14th Feb.1889 sunk in collision near Lundy Island, Bristol Channel. |
1,049 |
| St. George |
1890 |
iron schooner, 1919 purchased, 1921 disposed of.
... no further info. |
n/a |
| St. Vincent |
1865 |
composite ship, 1887 sold to Norway renamed Axel,
1907 scrapped. |
892 |
| Sunbeam |
1874 |
composite schooner, ex- private yacht owned by Lord
Brassey, 1920 presented to Devitt & Moore's Ocean Training Ships
Ltd but never used, 1922 sold to Sir Walter Runciman, 1930 scrapped. |
227 |
| Tamar |
1889 |
steel ship, 1900 sold to T. A. Shute, Liverpool, 1922
sold to Holland, 1923 scrapped. |
2,048 |
| Vimeira |
1851 |
wooden ship, 1863 purchased from Duncan Dunbar, 1872
sold to Thos. Goldfinch, Whitstable, 1887 sold to Norway, 1903 scrapped. |
925 |
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Steamships |
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Glenelg |
1873 |
ex- Florencia, 1875 purchased from Samuda Bros, London
renamed Glenelg, 1884 sold to Alfred Suart, London, 1885 sold to
Turkey renamed Bahr-I Cedid, 1925 scrapped. |
1,316 |
| Queen of the Thames |
1870 |
17th Mar.1871 wrecked east of Struys Point, South
Africa on voyage Melbourne to London ; loss of 4 lives |
2,618 |
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