PATER
Barque – Captain P. Menegheth. (LARN) – South Pool, Portland. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1881 Appx. Pts I-IV p118 & Dorchester Telegram: 23/12/1881(R).
Time Period: 19th Century
PANDA
Times: Thursday, January 10, 1867, Issue 25704 – Letter to the Editor: Report on the Extreme Gales at Lyme Regis. The Spec, The Ann and Emily, The Panda and The Vulcan were driven from the Cobb and wrecked on the beach. Detailed report and some criticism of the Lifeboat Station. MI. Ship Incidents
PALLAS
Schooner – Captain J. Williams. Cargo COAL. According to LARN its PALLAS in Board of Trade Records & PALACE in the DCC and Southern Times. This gale was reported as storm force 10 hurricane; a total of four sailing ships were recorded in these reports. The Coastguards recovered 13 bodies that were washed ashore. The … Read Article
PALALA
Cargo/Passenger Liner bound for Natal – (Good detail in Dive Dorset: 205, p152) GPS; 50 35.23N; 02 05.61W. Captain Paynter. General Cargo. Some detail in LARN, but also check the Bournemouth Guardian & Dictionary of Disaster at Sea: Vol. 2 p537. The vessel was stranded for some time on the Kimmeridge Ledge. The 35 crew … Read Article
OSPREY
OSPREY [10/07/1866]- Steamship – (LARN) – Off Portland. Note: “Vessel foundered early in the morning after being in collision with HMS AMAZON of 1040 tons, a wooden screw sloop armed with 4 guns, on passage from Portsmouth to Halifax, Nova Scotia. THE OSPREY carried seven passengers and the wife of Captain Burtridge, his son and … Read Article
ORNEN
Barque – Captain H. Ejsermann. Cargo, Guano. LARN – Portland Bill. Check Southern Times: 30/09/1876 p4.
ORA ET LABORA
A 200 Ton Norwegian Brig – Captain Abrahamson. Cargo, Deals. (LARN, VLI.) Opposite the Railway Station at Chesil Beach. All seven crew rescued. Refs. Southern Times: 17/10/1891; Lloyd’s Casualty Returns: 1891 p14(h) & Lloyd’s Register: 1888-9 No. 3670(O)
ONDINE
Lloyd’s List – Wednesday 12 April 1876 Times: Wednesday, April 12, 1876, Issue 28601 – Weymouth’ April 11: The Ondine, bark, of and for Marseilles from London, was abandoned at 3.00p.m. this morning between Start Point and Portland. Ship Incident
OLIVE
Ketch, Cargo Bridport Grit – Captain Grane. (LARN, VLI.) – Near Bridport Harbour. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1895 Appx. C Table 1 p135. & Farr: p28.
OGESAM
Yawl, Captain J. Bremner. (LARN, VLI.) Lost at Lulworth Cove. Refs. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1882 Appx. C Table 1.