| 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 |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| 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 |
| 09/09/1894 | 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 | |
| 09/09/1894: Wrecked near to Trondheim | |
| On a voyage to Soroka on the White Sea |
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 24/09/1869