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{{Short description|Merchant ship}}
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
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|Ship name=''Isabella''
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|Ship owner=Chalmers and Guthrie (1826)<ref name=BL/>
|Ship builder=John Warwick,{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=132}} [[Rotherhithe]]
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'''''Isabella''''' was a merchant ship built on the [[River Thames|Thames]], England, and launched in 1818. She made six voyages [[Transportation (punishment)|transporting]] [[convict]]s from England and Ireland to Australia. In between, she made one round trip to China for the British [[East India Company]] (EIC). From her launch to 1834 she traded with India and the Far East under a license from the EIC. From 1848 on served in the North America trade. She is last listed in 1850.

==Career==
===Convict voyage #1 (1818)===
Under the command of Robert Berry and surgeon John Hallion, she left [[Spithead]], England on 3 April 1818. She sailed via [[Rio de Janeiro]] and arrived in Sydney on 14 September.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=292-3}} She embarked 230 male convicts and had three convict deaths en route.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=327}} ''Isabella'' departed Port Jackson on 14 November bound for [[Jakarta|Batavia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2178349 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 14 November 1818, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref>

===Convict voyage #2 (1821)===
On her second convict voyage under the command of John Wallis and surgeon William Price, she left [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland on 4 November 1821, arrived in Sydney on 9 March 1822.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=294-5}} She had embarked 200 male convicts and had no convict deaths en route.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|p=329}} Also aboard were the first European bees to be successfully [[acclimatisation|acclimatised]] in Australia.<ref>[https://www.honeybee.org.au/pdf/wonderfull01.pdf “The wonderful story of Australian honey,” accessed 16 November 2019, honeybee.org.au]</ref> ''Isabella'' departed Port Jackson on 11 April, bound for South America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2180926 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Friday 12 April 1822, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref>

===Convict voyage #3 (1823)===
Her next convict voyage occurred under the command of John Wallis and surgeon William Rae. ''Isabella'' left Cork, Ireland in August 1823.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=294-5}} An early outbreak of scurvy and a plot to cause a mutiny was put down during the voyage, and she arrived in Sydney on 16 December.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=294-5}} She embarked 201 male convicts and had five convict deaths en route.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|p=329}} ''Isabella'' departed Port Jackson on 18 January 1824, bound for Batavia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2182573 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 22 January 1824, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref>

===Voyage to China for the EIC (1826 - 1827)===
Captain William Wiseman sailed from [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|The Downs]] on 1 July 1826, bound for China. ''Isabella'' arrived at Whampoa on 24 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 10 February 1827, reached [[Saint Helena|St Helena]] on 26 April, and arrived at The Downs on 3 June.<ref name=BL>{{Cite web |url=http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS045-001115201 |title=British Library: ''Isabella'' (2). |access-date=2 May 2017 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521022104/http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS045-001115201/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Convict voyage #4 (1831)===
On her fourth convict voyage under the command of William Wiseman and surgeon Thomas Galloway, she left [[Plymouth]], England on 27 November 1831. A revolt by the seamen was put down during the voyage and she arrived in Sydney on 15 March 1832. She embarked 224 male convicts and had no deaths en route.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|p=333}} ''Isabella'' departed Port Jackson on 18 July, bound for [[Ceylon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12844393 |title=Vessels entered outwards from the 16th to the 23rd Instant |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Herald, Monday 30 April 1832, p.4 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> After leaving Batavia on 1 July, she sailed to Madras.

===Convict voyage #5 (1833)===
Her next convict voyage occurred under the command of David Brown and surgeon Oliver Sproule. ''Isabella'' left Plymouth, England, on 28 July 1833 and arrived in [[Hobart Town]] on 14 November.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=312-3}} She embarked 300 male convicts and had no convict deaths en route.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|p=334}} ''Isabella'' departed Hobart Town on 29 December, bound for India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8647333 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=Colonial Times (Hobart), Tuesday 31 December 1833, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref>

===Convict voyage #6 (1842)===
''Isabella''{{'}}s last convict voyage took place under the command of George Sinclair and surgeon Campbell France. She left [[Portsmouth]], England, on 19 January 1842, and arrived in Hobart Town on 19 May.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=314-5}} She embarked 267 male convicts and had one convict death en route.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|p=337}} ''Isabella'' departed Hobart Town on 9 June, bound for Sydney with passengers and cargo, arriving on 20 June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12875785 |title=Shipping Intelligence |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Herald, Tuesday 21 June 1842, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> She left Port Jackson on 27 July, bound for Singapore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31736686 |title=Shipping Intelligence - Departures |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=Australasian Chronicle (Sydney), Thursday 28 July 1842, p.3 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref>

==Subsequent career==
In 1837 Duncan Dunbar purchased ''Isabella''. Eleven years later, in 1848, he sold her to Simson & Co., London, who sailed her in the North American trade.{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=132}} In 1850 her owner and master was A. Simson. She was last listed in ''Lloyd's Register'' in 1850.

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book |title =The Convict Ships | first =Charles | last =Bateson | year =1959 | publisher =Brown, Son & Ferguson | oclc =3778075 }}
* {{cite book|title=Biographie maritime ou notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers|last=Hennequin|first=Joseph François Gabriel|year=1835|publisher=Regnault éditeur|location=Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mG_QkEnuAJ8C|language=French|volume=1}}
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |date=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}

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[[Category:1818 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Rotherhithe]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships of the British East India Company]]
[[Category:Convict ships to New South Wales]]
[[Category:Convict ships to Tasmania]]