Name Isabella Type Barque Launched 1827 | Fate Wrecked in 1841 Propulsion Sail Tons burthen 293,000 kg | |
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 of the Caroline Islands in 1841.
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Career
Under the command of Alexander McAusland and surgeon Henry Mahon, she left Dublin, Ireland on 5 March 1840 with 119 female convicts, passengers and cargo. She arrived at Sydney on 24 July 1840. No convicts died on the voyage. Isabella sailed from Sydney for Newcastle on 27 August in ballast. She arrived back in Sydney on 6 October. On 22 December, Isabella left Port Jackson bound for Guam in ballast.
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.