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Isabella Harnett | Official Number
10528 |
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Isabella Harnett | Official Number
10528 |
The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday,
13th February 1844, page 3;
"A fine new ship was launched on the 6th instant from the building
yard of Messrs.Robert Ritson and Co., at Maryport, called the Isabella
Harnett, of 450 tons register measurement, copper-fastened and coppered
to the bends, built for Captain John Newby, and intended for the Eastern
trade. The Isabella Harnett is called after the lady of Mr.Harnett,
shipbroker, London, sports a full-length female figure head by Brooker,
which is said to be an excellent likeness of the individual whose name
the vessel bears."
It is likely that Capt.John Newby was previously in command of the Gleneira, lost in January 1843 on the Indonesian coast.
The Isabella Harnett, of Rochester, from New Orleans for Antwerp with a cotton cargo, was abandoned in a sinking condition on the 28th December 1872 at lat.42N, long.25W. Her crew were picked up by the Demetria, from Savannah, and were landed at Queenstown on the 4th January. The hulk of the vessel remained afloat and was subsequently boarded by the crew of a German steamer at position 43N, 14W.
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