Isabella was a 179-ton merchant ship built in Redbridge, England, in 1823. She made one voyage transporting convicts from Mauritius to Australia.

History
United Kingdom civil ensignUnited Kingdom
NameIsabella
OwnerMaughan (1823)
Launched1823, Redbridge
FateLast listed in 1856
General characteristics
TypeBrig
Tons burthen178,[1] or 179[2] (bm)
PropulsionSail

Career

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Isabella appears in the Register of Shipping with Maughan as master and owner, and with trade London to Hamburg.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1825 Maughan Maughan London–Vigo Lloyd's Register (LR)
1830 Maughan Maughan London–Hamburg LR; small repairs 1829

Isabella, under the command of George Maughan left Cowes, Isle of Wight on 21 February 1833 with a general cargo and arrived at Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, on 24 July 1833.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1835 Maughan LR

She left Mauritius on 25 February 1837 with two military convicts and cargo. She sailed via Hobart Town on 22 April arriving at Sydney on 6 May. No convicts died on the voyage.[4]

Isabella sailed from Sydney for London, under the command of Captain Ryan, on 6 March 1838, with passengers and cargo.[5] A "piratical brig" under a Spanish flag boarded her on 4 July and took a new main-top-sail, a cask of beef, and various other articles. Isabella then arrived safely at Torbay.[6]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1840 Maughan
L.Neve
Taylor & Co. London–Hamburg LR; damages repaired 1838
1845 Le Neve Taylor & Co. London–Hamburg LR; thorough repair 1841 and damages repaired 1845
1850 Le Neve Taylor & Co. LR
1855 E.Lyle T.S.Atkins LR

She is last listed in Lloyds Register in 1856 with E.S. Lyle, master, and T.S.Atkins, owner, and no trade.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b Register of Shipping (1824), Seq.№940.
  2. ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1856), Seq. №174.
  3. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, Saturday 27 July 1833, p.118. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor, Monday 8 May 1837, p.2. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Colonist (Sydney), Saturday 10 March 1838, p.2. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 22 November 1838, p.2. Retrieved 2 February 2016.