R.A.K.A.
Times: Monday, September 24, 1877, Issue 29055 – Weymouth, Sept. 22: “Picked up on Portland Beach; headboard about eight feet long, blue ground, gilt scrolling, and letters “R.A.K.A., not having been long in the water.” Ship Incident.
Time Period: 19th Century
QUEEN
Ketch – Captain S. Beacham. Cargo, Shingle. LARN, VLI. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1886 Appx. C Table 1 p-127. – Poole Harbour Mouth.
QUEEN
Sailing Vessel Poole Harbour. LARN, VLI. Ref. Dor. Mag; 1976, No. 50. p17.
PROVIDENCE
Sailing Vessel lost off St Alban’s Head. Captain Paddon and crew saved. LARN: & Lloyds List: No. 4645: 06/03/1812
PRINCE WILLIAM
Sloop – Captain J. Burnell drowned and the cargo and two crew saved. – 1 mile W Bridport Harbour. Ref. A Descriptive and Historical Account of West Bay by A. W. Matthews.
PONGOLA
Times: Friday, January 14, 1887, Issue 31969 – The Pongola, steamer, from Natal for London, calling for a pilot, went ashore at 10 o’clock on Wednesday, during a thick for, off Greenhills, Weymouth, on a sandbank. Lloyd’s Agent went on board. An agreement was made with tugs to tow the vessel off for £500, which … Read Article
POLKA of Weymouth
Times: Friday, March 3, 1882, Issue 30445 – The Polka of Weymouth from Guernsey, laden with stone (Guernsey Granite?) for London, has sunk on the Shingles off Margate. The master and mate are still on board. Two luggers are in attendance. The vessel will be a total wreck. Five crew landed at Margate. Ship Incident … Read Article
POLLY
Caledonian Mercury, January 9, 1804, Issue 12846. Captain Carpenter, from Newfoundland to Poole is lost on Portland Beach.
POLLUX
Brig – (LARN, VLI.) – Chesil Cove. Captain Hedaway. Cargo, Bagged Wheat & Flour. One crew member, the mate, drowned. Check Dor. Mag: 1976 No. 50 p18.
PILGRIM
Schooner – Captain E. Pugh. Cargo SLATE (Roofing). (LARN) – Foundered following a collision with Norwegian barque, BRAEKKA, 20 miles SSE of Anvil Point. Refs. Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1894 (D) p9 & Lloyd’s Register: 1891-2 No. 572(P).