Isabella (1823 ship)

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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

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

Career[]

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[]

  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.
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