Isabella (1827 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Isabella (ship).

History
United Kingdom civil ensignUnited Kingdom
NameIsabella
BuilderT. Barrick[1]
Launched1827, Whitby
FateWrecked in 1841
General characteristics
TypeBarque
Tons burthen323 (bm)
PropulsionSail

Isabella was a 323-ton merchant ship built in Whitby, England in 1827. She made one voyage transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. She was wrecked on a reef off the Caroline Islands in 1841.

Career

Isabella first appeared in the Register of Shipping for 1827 with J. Brown, master, and Nelson & Co. as owner. Her trade was Weymouth to the Baltic.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1830 Blake
Lotherington
Henderson 		Nelson & Co. London–Jamaica LR
1835 Partridge Nelson & Co. London–Jamaica LR

The entry for Isabella in Lloyd's Register for 1840 gave her master as "M'Ausland", her owner as H. Nelson, her homeport as London, and her trade as London to Sydney.[3]

Under the command of Alexander McAusland and surgeon Henry Mahon, Isabella left Dublin, Ireland, on 5 March 1840 and arrived at Sydney on 24 July 1840, having sailed via the Cape of Good Hope.[4] She embarked 119 female convicts, passengers, and cargo. No convicts died on the voyage.[5]

Isabella sailed from Sydney for Newcastle on 27 August in ballast.[6] She arrived back in Sydney on 6 October. On 22 December, Isabella left Port Jackson bound for Guam in ballast.[7]

Fate

While sailing to Guam, Isabella was wrecked on a reef in the Caroline Islands on 30 January 1841. The crew reached Manila safely after twenty-seven days in the boats.[8]

Citations

  1. ^ Weatherill (1908), p. 147.
  2. ^ Register of Shipping (1827), supplemental pages.
  3. ^ Lloyds Register (1840), Seq.№I172.
  4. ^ Bateson (1959), pp. 306–7.
  5. ^ Bateson (1959), p. 337.
  6. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 29 August 1840, p.2. 29 August 1840. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Herald, Wednesday 23 December 1840, p.2. 23 December 1840. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Shipwreck - Loss of Isabella". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser, Friday 11 June 1841, p.2. 11 June 1841. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.


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