Vessel Type: Sailing

Sailing shipwrecks recorded by Deeper Dorset. 540 sailing losses in the database, with dates, positions, depths and historical sources where known.

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.

PRINCE EDWARD

Sailing Vessel – Captain Lesney – Poole Bar. LARN Ref. Lloyds List: No. 2,525: 25/03/1760.

POLLY

Sailing Vessel – (LARN) Captain Elias Jarvis. – Chesil Beach near Abbotsbury. Cargo STONE (LIMESTONE). Check the Sh. Merc: 02/03/1789. More research required Sherborne Mercury July 1789 advertises a sale of cargo from Polly stranded off Padstow?

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).

PIEDMONT

Naval Transport – See ‘Christian’s Fleet by Edwina Boult, ISBN 0-7524-2783-0. Particularly p 112 to 115.) (LARN) – Chesil Beach, off Fleet. (Dor. Mag: 1975 No. 48 p10) Master and 138 troops and seamen dead, only 18 troops and seamen saved. Vessel ashore almost opposite Chickerall. Narrative. See Christian’s Fleet

PHOENIX

Ketch – Captain Mitchell. Cargo CEMENT (Bagged). (LARN) – Driven ashore near the wreck of the SCANDANAVIA. See also Southern Times: 24/02/1923.

PETRONILLE

PETRONILLE Dutch Barque – Below village of Chesil on Chesil Beach. DCC: 18/12/1856, Interesting local story. Captain William Louws. (Burnett: p59) Also good detail in LARN. Daily News December 12, 1856, Issue 3299 has ‘Petronello’ “MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. On Tuesday week, about 5 p.m., the Dutch barque PETRONILLE came ashore on Chesil … Read Article

PETREL

Cutter – Captain E. Way. (LARN) – Portland Breakwater. Ref. BOT: Wk. Rtn. 1894 Appx. C Table 1 p140.

PETER

French Sailing Vessel – (LARN) – Chesil Cove. Dor. Mag: No.48 & PRO: C. L. E190. 882/7 Port Book 21/01/1686.