DEVONSHIRE

 DEVONSHIRE WAS A WOOD VESSEL OF 703 / 807 TONS BUILT IN 1848 IN LONDON BY WIGRAM AND REGISTERED IN LONDON. SHE WAS OWNED BY WIGRAM & SONS.

SHE MADE TWO VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND ON A SHAW SAVILLE & CO CHARTER. SHE LEFT LONDON ON OCTOBER 26TH 1862 AND ARRIVED AUCKLAND FEBRUARY 7TH 1863

HER SECOND VOYAGE WAS FROM LONDON TO LYTTELTON HAVING LEFT LONDON ON JUNE 25TH 1864 AND ARRIVING IN LYTTLETON 119 DAYS LATER.

HER MASTER AT SOME STAGE WAS CAPTAIN H HOLT AND SHE WAS USED ON THE LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND ROUTE

I THINK THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL OF THIS NAME ( 1,300 TONS ? ) DATING FROM 1846 WHEN SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM IRELAND TO THE USA

ARRIVED 10TH APRIL 1846

ALSO VOYAGES  FROM  IRELAND TO USA ARRIVED 10TH SEPTEMBER 1849

ARRIVED 30TH JULY 1851 

LONDON TO NEW YORK 20TH MARCH 1858 WITH CAPTAIN MOORE IN COMMAND

THE VOYAGES HAVE GOT JUMBLED UP OVER THE YEARS AND ITS DIFFICULT TO SEPERATE THE TWO VESSELS - NEEDS MORE RESEARCH

DEVONSHIRE

DEVONSHIRE WAS  BUILT IN 1891 BY RICHARD DUCK & SON LTD

ON 8TH OCTOBER 1891 SPRANG A LEAK. SHE WAS ABANONDED THE NEXT DAY 550 MILES WEST OF TORY ISLAND ( DONEGAL ) THE CREW WERE ALL PICKED UP BY SS NORWEGIAN AND TAKEN INTO GLASGOW ON THE 12TH SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM BARROW TO NEW YORK CARRYING A CARGO OF IRON ORE