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La Hogue (1855)
''La Hogue'' was a wooden full-rigged ship built by James Laing, Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ... and launched in 1855 for Duncan Dunbar. She was used in the passenger and cargo trade to Australia and New Zealand.Gillett, p.15. Her figurehead was a lion rampant supporting a shield with the St Andrew's Cross. She was sold to Devitt and Moore, London in 1863 and continued her passenger and cargo trade to Australia and New Zealand. In 1886, she was sold to Thomas Hick, London and was used in the timber trade from the Baltic to London. Notes References *{{cite book , title =A Century of Ships in Sydney Harbour , first =Ross , last =Gillett , author2=Melliar-Phelps, Michael , year =1980 , publisher =Rigby Publishers Ltd, isbn =0-7270-1201-0 1855 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devitt And Moore House Flag
Devitt is a patronymic surname of Irish origin. Overview "Devitt" may be related to the Welsh surname "Davies" as both are Celtic surnames that are generally accepted to mean "son of David", as well as "Davies" potentially stemming from the name of the Irish ''Déisi'' dynasty who settled in Wales and western England during the Early Middle Ages, though no theory has been definitively proven for either name. Notable people with the surname * Don Devitt (1921–2008), Australian politician *Edward Devitt (1911–1992), U.S. Representative and District Judge * Edward I. Devitt (1840–1920), Canadian-American priest *Fergal Devitt (born 1981), Irish professional wrestler better known as Finn Bálor * James Devitt (1929–1989), American politician *Jamie Devitt (born 1990), Irish footballer *John Devitt (born 1937), Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist *John Henry Devitt (1851–1940), Canadian politician * John R. Devitt (1917–2000), American politician *Michael Devitt (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Devitt and Moore fleet In purchasing their first two full-rigged ships from Duncan Dunbar in 1863, Devitt and Moore started their long connection with Australia as shipowners. Over the next fifty-five years until the end of the First World War when they finally conceded to the competition from steamships, at various times the Devitt and Moore fleet comprised twenty-nine square-rigged sailing ships and two steamships carrying passengers, wool, copper and general cargo between Great Britain and Australia. Thomas Henry Devitt's grandson Howson Foulger Devitt went on to establish the insurance broker De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland, Tyne And Wear
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the historic county of Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on the River Wear's mouth to the North Sea. The river also flows through Durham roughly south-west of Sunderland City Centre. It is the only other city in the county and the second largest settlement in the North East after Newcastle upon Tyne. Locals from the city are sometimes known as Mackems. The term originated as recently as the early 1980s; its use and acceptance by residents, particularly among the older generations, is not universal. At one time, ships built on the Wear were called "Jamies", in contrast with those from the Tyne, which were known as "Geordies", although in the case of "Jamie" it is not known whether this was ever extended to people. There were three original settlements by the River's mouth which are part of the modern-day city: Monkwearmouth, settled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
