Devitt & Moore

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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.

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