Isabella (1823 ship)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Isabella |
Owner | Maughan (1823) |
Launched | 1823, Redbridge |
Fate | Last listed in 1856 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Brig |
Tons burthen | 178,[1] or 179[2] (bm) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Isabella was a 179-ton merchant ship built in Redbridge, England, in 1823. She made one voyage transporting convicts from Mauritius to Australia.
Career
[edit]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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
[edit]- ^ a b Register of Shipping (1824), Seq.№940.
- ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1856), Seq. №174.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, Saturday 27 July 1833, p.118. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor, Monday 8 May 1837, p.2. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Colonist (Sydney), Saturday 10 March 1838, p.2. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 22 November 1838, p.2. Retrieved 2 February 2016.