Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, the sheer lines, the longitudinal half breadth and the stern board with decoration detail for Isabella (1813), a three-masted whaler hired as an exploration ship in which Captain Ross sailed on his first voyage of discovery towards the North Pole in 1818. After the expedition the ship returned to whaling. A quirk of fate meant that this ship, still a whaler, also rescued him and his crew in 1834 after they had abandoned their 1829 Arctic expedition.

This is plate 5 of a set published by Thomas Richardson of 26 Dock Street, Hull. The History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York for 1823 records a merchant and ship owner called Thomas Richardson living at 26 Dock Street. The printed plans in the collection from this set are: MSA0001 (Plate 1), MSA0002 (Plate 2), MSA0139 (Plate 2), MSA0003 (Plate 3), MSA0234 (Plate 3), MSA0004 (Plate 4), MSA0005 (Plate 5), MSA0006 (Plate 7), MSA0026 (plate 6), MSA0027 (plate 6) and other contemporary printed duplicates for Isabella on MSA0274 (Plate 5) and MSA0303 (Plate 5).