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 Carron (R30) HMS "Carron" was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1942 from Scotts of Greenock. She was originally to be named HMS "Strenuous" but this was changed to "Carron" before launch to fit her revised class name. She was laid down on 26 November 1942 and launched on 28 March 1944.