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Bella Portena | Official Number
24247
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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.
In 1851 the Bella Portena sailed to Ceylon, under the command of Capt.Pyott.
The Bella Portena was lost on the Braganza shoals, at the
mouth of the Amazon, on the 20th December 1857, without loss of life.
She was bound from Liverpool for Parahyba.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Bella Portena
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1837
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238 om, 412 nm
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2
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12 years A1
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding at Maryport - A Checklist", published in 1989 by the Friends
of Whitehaven Museum.
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The Times, Saturday 16th February 1839, page 6.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1842-3: Bella Portena, brig, 238 tons, built Maryport in 1837,
owned by Cotsworth, registered at Liverpool. masters Capt.J.Pyott, voyage Liverpool - Buenos Ayres.
- Report of arrival in Ceylon from Allen's Indian Mail. Vol.IX (1851).
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1857-8: Bella Portena, brig, 238 tons, built Maryport in 1837,
owned by W.Robinson, registered at Liverpool. master Capt.E.Browse, voyage Liverpool - North America.
- Mercantile Navy List 1857: Bella Portena, vessel registered at Maryport,
412 tons, official no.24247, signal letters NWBK (not listed in MNL 1860).
- Wreck reported in the New York Herald, Sunday, 14th February 1858, and in the Standard (London newspaper), 5th February 1858, page 8.