''Isabella'' was launched in 1825 at
Shoreham. Initially, she traded with
Gibraltar
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and
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
. The
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business div ...
(HBC) purchased her in 1829 and she was wrecked in 1830 on the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
bar off
Clatsop County, Oregon
Clatsop County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,072. The county seat is Astoria. The county is named for the Clatsop tribe of Native Americans, who lived along the coast of ...
. The site of her remains are on the
as #89001385 placed on September 21, 1989. The remains are owned by the State of Oregon, Division of State Lands after being found in 1986. She is a wooden ship with copper sheathing.
Career
''Isabella'' first appeared in ''
Lloyd's Register
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'' (''LR'') in 1827.
[''LR'' (1827), Supple. pages "I", Seq.No.I130.]
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She was already trading by then. ''Lloyd's List
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'' reported in that ''Isabella'', Cowle, master, had arrived at Omoa from Gibraltar. She was back at Gibraltar from Honduras on 14 July.
On 10 October 1829 the Hudson's Bay Company purchased ''Isabella'' for £2,900. The company purchased her to replace , which had wrecked on the Columbia bar in May with the loss of all hands.[
''Isabella'' sailed from Blackwall on 30 October for the Colombia via the Sandwich Islands. On 3 May 1830, she wrecked on the Columbia bar. There was no loss of life; the crew arrived at ]Fort Vancouver
Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading post that was the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department, located in the Pacific Northwest. Named for Captain George Vancouver, the fort was located on the northern bank of the ...
.[ As it turned out, ''Isabella'' was stranded but had not sunk. The HBC factor at Fort Vancouver sent Ryan and his men to salvage what of her cargo and stores they could. They finally abandoned her on 24 May 1830. They reached Fort Vancouver again on 4 June.][ The news was published in England in April 1831.
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Post script
In 1986, researchers thought fisherman Daryl Hughes of Chinook had discovered the wreck of ''Isabella''.[ It was later determined that the remains were those of the 1879 wreck , not ''Isabella''.]
Citations
References
* {{cite journal , last1=Delgado , first1=James P. , year=1995 , title=The Brig Isabella: A Hudson's Bay Company Shipwreck of 1830 , journal=American Neptune , volume=55 , issue=5 , pages=309–320
1825 ships
Age of Sail merchant ships of England
Hudson's Bay Company ships
Maritime incidents in May 1830