Many ships have borne the name ''Isabella'': * , a British

slave ship Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast ...

that transported slaves to

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in 1684 * 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

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in the northern whale fishery She was last listed in 1813 with data unchanged since 1810. * was launched in France in 1791 as the

East Indiaman East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vesse ...

''St Jean de Lone''. Two British privateers captured her in 1793. She was sold in

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and renamed ''Isabella''. She initially sailed as a

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and then between 1795 and 1798 made two voyages to India as an "extra" ship for the British

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(EIC). Afterwards, she returned to the West Indies and Baltic trades and was last listed in 1809, but with data stale since c.1802. * was launched in

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. She initially sailed as a transport, and then as a merchantman trading with Canada. In 1820 she underwent two maritime mishaps, only one of which was substantive. From 1824 until she wrecked in the ice in June 1835 she was a

in the northern whale fishery. * , a 427-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1818 that made six voyages transporting convicts to Australia, and one voyage for the British

* , a 179-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1823 that transported a small number of convicts to Australia from Mauritius * , a small ship that disappeared off the coast of Australia in 1824 * , was launched in 1825 at Shoreham. Initially, she traded with Gibraltar and Honduras. The

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purchased her in 1829 and she was wrecked in 1830 on the

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bar. * , a 323-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1827, that made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia and wrecked in 1841. * ''Isabella'', a schooner from

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that picked up survivors of the ''Charles Eaton'' from

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in the

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in 1836 * , a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1877 to 1898 * , a cruise ferry built in 1989

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