Who once owned the Royal Navy HMS Carrick?
Devitt and Moore 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 the "City of Adelaide" and the "South Australian". With the advent of steam, they developed a training scheme for cadets and formed Pangbourne College.
HMS Porpoise (1804) HMS "Porpoise" was the former quarter-decked sloop, the mercantile "Lord Melville", which the Royal Navy purchased in 1804 to use as a storeship. Her early career was much bound up with William Bligh and Australia's history. She was sold in 1816.