Isabella (1773 ship)

Isabella was launched in 1773 in America, possibly under another name. She appeared in United Kingdom sources in 1802 and between 1802 and 1810 she made nine annual voyages as a whaler in the Northern Whale Fishery (Davis Strait (DS) and Greenland (Gr)). She was last listed in 1813 with data unchanged since 1810.

For other ships with the same name, see Isabella (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name: Isabella
Builder: America
Launched: 1793
Fate: Last listed 1813
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 349 (bm)
Armament: 6 * 9-pounder guns

Career

Isabella first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1804.[1] By then she had been sailing out of Newcastle as a whaler for some time.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1804 Clarke Humble Newcastle–Davis Strait RS; thorough repair 1794 & 1802
Year Master Where "Fish"
(Whales)		 Tuns blubber
1802 Clark DS 12 219
1803 13 270.25
1804 DS 11 157
1805 Clark DS 13 or 19 267.5
1806 Clark 3 82.5
1807 Clark DS 7 167.5 or 192, + 5 tons of fins
1808 Lambert DS 15 152.25

In 1805 one of the whales that Isabella had killed was one of the largest whales ever caught.

When Isabella returned home to Newcastle in 1808 one of her crewmen lost his arm. The arm was shot off when he fired a cannon to signal her arrival.[2]

On 17 December 1808 HMS Briseis towed Isabella, of Newcastle, Lambert, master, into Harwich. Isabella had been sailing from Calmar to Hull when she became distressed. she had five feet of water in her hold, part of her cargo and guns had been thrown overboard, and her foreyard and her sails from the foreyard had been cut down. Her crew had been about to take to her boats and abandon her when Briseis came on the scene.[3]

Year Master Where "Fish"
(Whales)		 Tuns blubber
1809 Johnson Gr 15 300
1810 21 322.25
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1810 Clarke Humble Newcastle–Davis Strait RS; thorough repair 1806

Fate

Isabella was last listed in the Register of Shipping in 1813, with data unchanged since 1810.

Citations
  1. RS *1804), Seq.No.I999.
  2. "Marine Intelligence. Hull Packet (Hull, England), 16 August 1808, Issue 1127.
  3. "Norwich, Dec. 28, 1808" (28 December 1808) Bury and Norwich Post (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Issue: 1383.
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