Bella Portena
 Official Number
24247

The Bella Portena (sometimes Bella Portina) was a brig built at Maryport by Kelsick Wood, launched on the 23rd April 1837. She was built for the trade to Argentina. The Times (see source 4) reported that she arrived at Liverpool on the 14th February 1839, having left Monte Video on the 10th December. The vessel seems to have survived until about 1858, when she disappears from the shipping registers.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Bella Portena
1837
238 om, 412 nm
 
 
 
2 
 
 
   

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Maryport - A Checklist", published in 1989 by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1851 - brig, reg.Liverpool, master J.Pyott, owner Cotsworth.
  3. Official Number from Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel registered at Maryport, 412 tons, signal letters NWBK.
  4. The Times, Saturday 16th February 1839, page 6.
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