Isabella (ship)

Many ships have borne the name Isabella:

  • Isabella (slave ship), a British ship that transported slaves to North America in 1684
  • Isabella (1793 ship) was launched in France in 1791 as the East Indiaman St Jean de Lone. Two British privateers captured her in 1793. She was sold in prize and renamed Isabella. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman and then between 1795 and 1798 made two voyages to India as an "extra" ship for the British East India Company (EIC). Afterwards, she returned to the West Indies and Baltic trades and was last listed in 1809, but with data stale since c.1802.
  • Isabella (1818 ship), a 427-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1818 that made six voyages transporting convicts to Australia, and one voyage for the British East India Company
  • Isabella (1823 ship), a 179-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1823 that transported a small number of convicts to Australia from Mauritius
  • Isabella (1824 ship), a small ship that disappeared off the coast of Australia in 1824
  • Isabella (1827 ship), a 323-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1827, that made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia and wrecked in 1841
  • PS Isabella (1877), a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1877 to 1898
  • MS Isabella, a cruiseferry built in 1989

See also
  • Isabella 1, current name of MS Almariya, a cruiseferry built in 1981
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