Isabella 1869

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Name:	ISABELLA launched as BETSY
Type:	Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched	22/09/1869
Completed:	09/11/1869
Builder:	J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard:	Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:	61
Dimensions:	1424grt, 1121nrt, 235.3 x 36.2 x 24.5ft
Engines:	2cyl (40 & 40 x 27ins), 99nhp; (1892: Q4cyl (17, 25, 35 & 50 x 27ins), 80hp)
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1892: Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull)
Propulsion:	1 x Screw; 9.2knots (trials)
Construction:	Iron
Reg Number:	n/a; (1888: 95771)
History:
09/11/1869	Linea Nazionale Di Nav a Vap (Cerruti & Co), Genoa
1874	Sivori & Schiaffino, Genoa
1878	Renamed RIO PLATA
31/10/1888	Robert Jameson & Co, Hull; renamed RIGHI
1890	Riga Steamship Co, Hull
1894	Bryson & Jameson, Hull
11/09/1894	Wrecked

Comments	22/09/1869: Launched as BETSY
	Accommodation for 35 x 1st, 55 x 2nd class and 376 emigrants
	Built for the Genoa to Montevideo & Buenos Aires service
	Contract Price £30,600; Profit £4878-11s-0d
	1888: Sold at auction
	1892: Re-engined by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd at Hull
	10/09/1894: Adrift 50 miles north of Trondheim with a broken engine crank pin
	On a voyage from Soroka in the White Sea with a cargo of deals
	11/09/1894: Driven ashore near to Trondheim and then sank
	19/09/1894: Engine room pumped out by salvage vessel & re-floated
	13/10/1894: Cargo from upper hold salvaged
	No later details, so probably sold for scrap