John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre

John H Marsh Maritime Collection

A catalogue of a collection of 18000 photographs of 9200 ships taken in South Africa
mainly between 1921 and 1953
Prints from the original negatives are available for purchase

Information in order of Name,Type,Displacement in tons,Date of launch,Date of photographs,Fate where known

Ships with names beginning with the letter "P"

  1. P.40 HMS patrol boat 613displacement/1916 in abt 1930
  2. P.C. 73 HMS see as DART HMS
  3. P.G. JOUBERT tug 282/1975 in 1980 & '85
  4. P.J.C. DU PLESSIS tug 344/1977 in 1985
  5. P.L.M. 14 freighter 3754/1921 in abt 1929
  6. P.L.M. 22 freighter 5417/1921 in abt 1930
  7. P.L.M. 25 freighter 5391/1922 in abt 1930
  8. PABLO DE AZPITARTE see as ADEJE
  9. PACEAGLE see as SOUTH AFRICA VICTORY
  10. PACIFIC see as NEPTUNE
  11. PACIFIC freighter 6034/1915 in 1940
  12. PACIFIC freighter 3731/1914 in 1941
  13. PACIFIC BEAR see as DELAIRES
  14. PACIFIC BEAR see as MIDNIGHT
  15. PACIFIC CARRIER see as PENELOPI
  16. PACIFIC CONCORD see as CALUMET
  17. PACIFIC PRIDE see as ARGUS
  18. PACIFIC SHIPPER freighter 6290/1924 in 1946
  19. PACIFIC SKIPPER see as BARON BELLHAVEN
  20. PACIFIC STAR see as CLAN ROBERTSON
  21. PACIFIC STAR see as OTAKI
  22. PACIFIC STAR see as SAMNID
  23. PACIFIC TRADER see as FORDSDALE
  24. PACIFIC TRIUMPH see as CHARLES F. MEYER
  25. PACO see as SANTA BARBARA
  26. PADANG freighter 7610/1964 in 1985
  27. PADOLA see as CERION
  28. PAGASSET see as COLABEE
  29. PAGENTURM see as KINSHASA
  30. PAKURA passenger 719/1922 in 1939 (1963 scrapped)
  31. PALANA see as SUSSEX
  32. PALEMBANG freighter 7070/1921 in 1939 (1944 war loss)
  33. PALLAS see as POINT CLEAR
  34. PALM BRANCH see as ARPAD
  35. PALMITA see as PANAGHIS
  36. PALO see as PANAGHIS
  37. PALUDINA tanker 5881/1921 in early 1930s
  38. PALUS dredger 883/1920 in 1928 or 1929, mid 1930s, '36 & '38 (1964 scrapped)
  39. PAMARU see as BULLAREN
  40. PAMIA see as EMPIRE PROTECTOR
  41. PAN-AFRICA motor yacht (ex naval pinnace?) at Cape Town in late 1940s early 1950s
  42. PAN EUROPE tanker 9468/1931 in 1940
  43. PAN GOTHIA see as WILLEM BARENDSZ
  44. PAN GOTHIA tanker 10409/1931 in 1932 (1966 scrapped)
  45. PAN KRAFT freighter 5644/1919 in 1937 (1942 sunk by aircraft)
  46. PANAGHIA freighter 4289/? of Syra, wreck, in 1938 (1938? wrecked)
  47. PANAGHIA ODOGHITRIA see as HOMEFORD
  48. PANAGHIA TINOU see as HOMEFORD
  49. PANAGHIOTIS freighter 3575/1901 in 1941 (1954 scrapped)
  50. PANAGHIS freighter 5187/1920 in 1940
  51. PANAGIOTIS N.K. see as DANAHOLM
  52. PANAGIOTIS TH. COUMANTAROS see as DRYDEN
  53. PANAGIOTIS XILAS see as KING CITY
  54. PANAMA freighter 6650/1915 in 1940 (1945 sank)
  55. PANAMA EXPRESS freighter 4288/1940 in 1946
  56. PANAMA MARU freighter 5288/1910 in 1937 (1944 sunk by aircraft)
  57. PANARGY see as STANWELL
  58. PANDAS see as HJELMAREN
  59. PANDORA see as NORMANDIET
  60. PANDROSOS Grk naval aux transport 350displacement/1974 in 1980
  61. PANGAN see as DUNAFRIC
  62. PANGANI see as NIJKERK
  63. PANGIM see as CASSEQUEL
  64. PANHANDLE STATE see as PRESIDENT MONROE
  65. PANOCEANIC FAITH see as MIDNIGHT
  66. PANOS see as HOMECLIFFE
  67. PANTAZIS L. see as RANA
  68. PANTELIS see as PANAGHIS
  69. PANTHER passenger tender 236/1899 in 1936 (1947 scuttled)
  70. PANTHER II see as UNI III
  71. PANTIN see as THORSHALL
  72. PAOLO II see as KATANGA
  73. PAOLA C. see as GOOD HOPE CASTLE
  74. PAPANIKOLIS sub Greek 1840/1943 in 1980
  75. PAPAROA passenger 6563/1899 in mid 1920s (1926 fire)
  76. PARANA see as GABOON
  77. PARANA freighter 3286/1915 in 1946
  78. PARATTAH see as MARKAKIS
  79. PARCORALI see as BARON NAPIER
  80. PARERGON yacht sailing, small, local, at Cape Town in 1934
  81. PARINGA see as ESSEX
  82. PARIS MARU freighter 7197/1921 in early 1930s, and sunk in 1934
  83. PARISIANA see as LONDON EXCHANGE
  84. PARITA SUN see as CARRETA
  85. PARKTOWN T.39 HMSAS see as SIDNEY SMITH
  86. PARKTOWN T.39 HMSAS minesweeper 250/1929 in 1940 & '41 (1942 torpedoed)
  87. PARKTOWN T.55 HMSAS see as SUDEROY 1
  88. PARMA fish factory 2440/1977 in 1980
  89. PARMELIA dredger, bucket, at Fremantle in 1939
  90. PARRAKOOLA freighter 5752/1928 in early 1930s (1973 scrapped)
  91. PARRAMATTA freighter 4956/1944 in 1952 (1979 scuttled)
  92. PARTENOPE see as ISCHIA
  93. PARTHENON see as SAMARINDA
  94. PARTHIA see as RICE TRADER
  95. PARTHIA see as HESPERIDES
  96. PARVATI JAYANTI see as SAMAYE
  97. PARVATI JAYANTI see as HISTORIAN
  98. passengerAD see as JOTUNFJELL
  99. passengerAT sailing vessel 3181/1911 in 1946 & '47 (1957 laid up; museum and youth hostel)
  100. PASTEUR HMT passenger 29253/1938 in 1941 (1980 sank on way to scrappers)
  101. PASTEUR passenger 17226/1966 in 1972
  102. PATAGONIA see as CITY OF BOSTON
  103. PATAGONIA STAR see as COLUMBIA STAR
  104. PATAGONIA STAR see as GOTHIC STAR
  105. PATAGONIER see as PERSEUS
  106. PATRAIC SKY see as TALTHYBIUS
  107. PATRIA see as HESPERIA
  108. PATRIA passenger 13196/1947 in 1948, '49 & '52 (1973 scrapped)
  109. PATRICIA sailing yacht small, local, at Cape Town in 1928
  110. PATRICIAN see as AGULHAS
  111. PATRICIO MURPHY see as KLIPPAREN
  112. PATRICK M. see as RUFIDJI & BUZI
  113. PATRIS see as BLOEMFONTEIN CASTLE
  114. PAUL LECAT passenger 12989/1911 in 1928 (1928 fire, 1929 scrapped)
  115. PAUL PAIX see as MIMOSA
  116. PAUL SAUER tug 430/1980 in 1985
  117. PAULA HOWALDT see as ROBERTO
  118. PAULA HOWALDT RUSS see as ROBERTO
  119. PAULINE MOLLER see as HENRY BURTON
  120. PAWEL ANDREJEFF see as ELMSGARTH
  121. PCE 831 USS see as EXPORTRADER
  122. PEAR BRANCH see as ARGOLIKOS
  123. PEARLMOOR freighter 4581/1923 in 1937 (1940 torpedoed)
  124. PECHEUSE sailing vessel 150/1896 in 1932
  125. PECTEN tanker 7468/1927 in early 1930s (1940 torpedoed)
  126. PEDER BOGEN tanker 9471/1925 in 1937 & '40 (1940 torpedoed)
  127. PEDRO DE VALDIVIA see as MINOTAURUS
  128. PEDRO NUNEZ sloop 1220dis fl/1934 in late 1930s (c1978 scrapped)
  129. PEEBLES (3rd) see as MILL HILL
  130. PEEBLES freighter 4982/1936 in mid 1930s & '37 (1967 scrapped)
  131. PEGASI see as SALAMIS
  132. PEGASUS tanker 9583/1930 in early 1930s & '40 (1943 torpedoed)
  133. PEGASUS freighter 5762/1920 in 1940
  134. PEGAWAY freighter 1826/1924 in 1932
  135. PEIK tanker 6099/1930 in 1941 (1961 scrapped)
  136. PEISANDER passenger 6225/1925 in 1939 (1942 torpedoed)
  137. PEKIN see as YSER
  138. PEKING sailing vessel 3191/1911 in 1933 (1974 museum?)
  139. PELAGOS whaling factory ship 12084/1902 in early 1930s, '46, '47 (1962 scrapped)
  140. PELICAN dredger at Port Elizabeth -/1905 in 1938 (1929? concreting hulk)
  141. PELLICULA tanker 6254/1936 in 1940 (1959 scrapped)
  142. PELORUS HMS see as PIETERMARITZBURG HMSAS
  143. PEMBA freighter 533/1910 in late 1920s
  144. PEMBROKE TRADER see as SAMSHIRE
  145. PEMTO see as TRADER
  146. PENCHATEAU freighter 995/1920 in 1939 (1967 scrapped)
  147. PENELOPE see as K. RAPANOS & NEWEY
  148. PENELOPE see as PENELOPI
  149. PENELOPI freighter 6495/1918 in 1946 (1959 scrapped)
  150. PENGUIN steam barge, abt 75t. at Saldanha Bay 1933
  151. PENHALLOW barge at Falmouth in abt 1930
  152. PENNOIL see as QUEEN MAEVE
  153. PENRITH CASTLE see as FANTEE
  154. PENSILVA see as BRYNYMOR & SLOGA
  155. PENSILVA freighter 4258/1929 in early 1930s (1939 torpedoed)
  156. PENTA WORLD see as INVENTOR
  157. PENTHAMES see as BALUCHISTAN
  158. PENTIRION see as MENIN RIDGE
  159. PENTOWY freighter 3578/1913 in abt 1930 (?/war loss)
  160. PENTRENT freighter 3596/1910 in 1933 (1933 scrapped)
  161. PENTRIDGE HILL see as AFRICAN PRINCE
  162. PENTYNE see as LUCIJANA
  163. PENZANCE HMS sloop 1025/1930 in 1937 (1940 torpedoed)
  164. PEONIA see as JULIET
  165. PEQUENA see as SIBALDI
  166. PERCY E FOXWORTH freighter 7212/1944 in late 1940s (1969 scrapped)
  167. PERDITO see as TROUNCER HMS
  168. PERELBERG see as TAS IV
  169. PERLA freighter 5741/1926 in early 1930s & '38 (1942 sunk by aircraft)
  170. PERLAFRIO trawler 1520/1968 in 1982
  171. PERO see as STAR V
  172. PERSEUS passenger 10286/1923 in 1940 (1944 torpedoed)
  173. PERSEUS freighter 5172/1918 in 1941 (1941 sunk by raider)
  174. PERSIA collier 3596/1883 in late 1920s
  175. PERSIANA see as CORSICAN PRINCE
  176. PERTH see as HELLOPES
  177. PERTH see as LOCHEE
  178. PERTH HMAS see as AMPHION HMS
  179. PERTH whaling factory ship 3774/1895 in late 1920s & early 1930s
  180. PERTHSHIRE freighter 10496/1936 in 1940 & '47 (1964 scrapped)
  181. PERU freighter 6962/1916 in mid 1930s & '40 (1941 war loss)
  182. PERUVIANA see as JESSMORE
  183. PESHAWUR freighter 7934/1919 in 1928 or 1929, early 1930s, '39 & '40 (1943 torpedoed)
  184. PETAJAS see as DUX
  185. PETALLI freighter 5126/1917 in 1938 & '40
  186. PETCONNIE see as DUCHESSA D'AOSTA
  187. PETER see as DOMBY
  188. PETER COOPER see as TALTHYBIUS
  189. PETER DAL II see as EMPIRE BYNG
  190. PETER KERR freighter 6476/1920 in 1940 & '41 (1942 war loss)
  191. PETER MAERSK freighter 5476/1932 in 1941 (1942 war loss)
  192. PETER NIELSEN see as MIRRABOOKA
  193. PETERSBORG see as KOLSNAREN
  194. PETERSFIELD see as ARUNDO
  195. PETERSTAR see as LAFONTAINE PARK
  196. PETERTON freighter 5221/1919 in 1928 or 1929, '32 & '35 (1942 war loss)
  197. PETRAKIS NOMIKOS tanker 7020/1914 in 1940 (1943 war loss)
  198. PETRICOLA tanker 5880/1922 in late 1920s
  199. PETROIL see as QUEEN MAEVE
  200. PETROMAR ROSARIO see as ESSO CRISTOBAL
  201. PETTER tanker 9109/1935 in 1940 (1961 scrapped)
  202. PHAEDON see as ULYSSES
  203. PHAEDON freighter 6723/1960 wreck in 1980
  204. PHALEROPE see as TROPICAL
  205. PHEMIUS see as ALCINOUS
  206. PHEMIUS passenger 7406/1921 in 1937 (1943 war loss)
  207. PHILAE see as THORSCAPE
  208. PHILIP PUBLICKER see as SANTA BARBARA
  209. PHILIPPINE PINE see as JAMAL SHAH
  210. PHILIPPINES see as AUGUSTUS
  211. PHILLIPINE SAMPAGUITA see as RODSLEY
  212. PHOBOS tanker 7412/1926 in 1931
  213. PHOENICIAN STAR see as PEEBLES
  214. PHOENIX see as SANTA BARBARA
  215. PHOENIX see as JAPARA
  216. PHORUS tanker 4247/1900 in late 1920s & early 1930s
  217. PHOTINIA see as HOPEDENE
  218. PHRONTIS passenger 6181/1926 in 1941 (1959 scrapped)
  219. PHYSA freighter 3899/1904 in late 1920s
  220. PIAKO freighter 8283/1920 in mid 1930s (1941 torpedoed)
  221. PIAVE passenger 7565/1921 in 1928 or 1929, early 1930s, '36 & '38 (1941 scuttled; later salved as war prize)
  222. PIAVE II see as PIAVE
  223. PICKLE fisheries research ship 168/1913 in 1928 or 1929, '32 & '38
  224. PICTOU COUNTY freighter 7157/1944 in abt 1946 (1968 scrapped)
  225. PIET AUCAMP tug 295/1984 in 1985
  226. PIETER FAURE ferry steamer 177/1897 in 1928 or 1929 & '30
  227. PIETER MOLENAAR see as THERESA III
  228. PIETERMARITZBURG HMSAS minesweeper 1040displacement/1943 in 1947 & '48
  229. PIETRO MARTINI see as NORVINN
  230. PIKKEWYN passenger 80 feet/1946 in 1946
  231. PILAR DE LARRINAGA freighter 7046/1918 in 1932
  232. PILOT BOAT NO. 2 of S'ton in 1936
  233. PILOT BUTTE tanker 10448/1944 in 1947 (1966 scrapped)
  234. PILOT TRADER see as FORT NORMAN
  235. PILOTOS pilots accom ship of Lourenco Marques in 1930s & '38
  236. PILSUDSKI passenger 14249/1935 in 1938 (1939 mined)
  237. PINDOS see as INDIANIC
  238. PINDOS see as WILFRED
  239. PINE COURT see as RIO PARDO
  240. PING SUEY see as CIUDAD DEL CABO
  241. PIONER see as HELIER 2
  242. PIONER whaling factory ship 1767/1920 in early 1930s
  243. PIONIER see as ORANJEFONTEIN
  244. PIONIER 4 trawler abt 250/1970s at Cape Town in 1980
  245. PIONEER WAVE see as CARRIER PIGEON
  246. PIPESTONE COUNTY freighter 5102/1919 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  247. PIRATINY freighter 5187/1921 wreck in 1945 (1943 wrecked)
  248. PIREEFS see as STAMURA
  249. PISCES fishing vessel m., at C.T. in late 1940s or early 1950s
  250. PISCO see as NICOLAOU ZOGRAFIA
  251. PISHCHEVAYA INDUSTRIYA see as VASARI
  252. PLANET see as AFRICAN PLANET
  253. PLANORBIS tanker 5876/1922 in early 1930s
  254. PLANTER freighter 5887/1927 in abt 1928 & '36 (1940 torpedoed)
  255. PLATENSE see as ALGIC
  256. PLATTE BRIDGE see as ATLANTIC SHIPPER
  257. PLAUEN see as CITY OF MILAN
  258. PLETTENBERG freighter 1857/1904 in 1945 & '46 (1948 wrecked)
  259. PLOUGH fishing vessel, small, motor, at Cape Town, launching 1949
  260. PLUME tanker 8621/1926 in 1930s (1941 war loss)
  261. PLUME see as AHAMO
  262. PLUS see as KAMERUN
  263. PLUS sailing vessel 1268/1885 in abt 1929
  264. POBLADOR see as TRIVIA
  265. PODMLADAK freighter 3862/1911 in abt 1931
  266. POELAU LAUT passenger 9272/1929 in 1940 (1959 scrapped)
  267. POELAU ROEBIAH passenger 9251/1928 in 1939 & '40 (1943 torpedoed)
  268. POELAU TELLO passenger 9272/1929 in 1939 (1942 sunk by aircraft)
  269. POINSETTIA trawler 128/1939 in 1939
  270. POINT BONITA see as BONITA
  271. POINT CHICO freighter 4905/1918 in 1940
  272. POINT CLEAR freighter 4839/1920 in 1940
  273. POITIERS freighter 4185/1921 in 1938 (1940 war loss)
  274. POL 1 whale catcher 205/1926 in early & late 1930s & '41
  275. POL V whale catcher 221/1925 in late 1930s
  276. POL VII whale catcher 338/1936 in 1946 & '48
  277. POL VIII see as KLEGG
  278. POL VIII whale catcher 298/1936 in 1946
  279. POL X whale catcher 354/1937 in 1946
  280. POLAMHALL see as ELENI
  281. POLANA pilot tug at Lourenco Marques (Maputo) 216/1902 in early 1930s & '38
  282. POLAR MAID see as STEAUA ROMANA
  283. POLAR 6 whale catcher 263/1925 in 1936
  284. POLAR CHIEF tanker 8040/1897 in 1936 (1952 scrapped)
  285. POLARBRIS II see as HVAL XI
  286. POLARBRIS III see as HVAL VI
  287. POLARBRIS IV see as AMOS
  288. POLARIA see as WAMERU & HUAMBO
  289. POLARIS see as GRIBB 2
  290. POLARNACHT see as KOS 39
  291. POLARSTJERNEN see as EUROS
  292. POLARSTJERNEN sailing vessel 337/1918 in 1932
  293. POLARTANK tanker 6356/1930 IN 1940 (1952 scrapped)
  294. POLCEVERA see as N.T. NIELSEN ALONSO
  295. POLCEVERA freighter 9348/1900 in late 1920s
  296. POLEGATE see as INDORE
  297. POLICOS see as LIVIA
  298. POLIKOS see as LIVIA
  299. POLISHA MONARCH see as DUNAV
  300. POLJANA see as NORTE
  301. POLLADERN see as ILMAR
  302. POLLUX see as JOSEPHINE LE BORGNE
  303. POLMONT see as DUNAV
  304. POLYANA see as TORDENE
  305. POLYBIUS freighter 7041/1919 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  306. POLYDORUS passenger 5922/1924 in 1939 (1942 torpedoed)
  307. POLYMNIA see as KINTYRE
  308. POLYNIKI see as LAFONTAINE PARK
  309. POLYPHEMUS see as ATLANTIS
  310. POLYPHEMUS passenger 6269/1930 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  311. POMMERN sailing vessel 2376/1903 in abt 1930
  312. POMORZE see as DAR POMORZA
  313. PONAPE sailing vessel 2342/1903 in early 1930s
  314. PONCE passenger 3506/1899 in 1941
  315. PONDO freighter 643/1889 in abt 1931 & '33 (1934 scuttled)
  316. PONTE DE RANDE trawler 1525/1976 in 1982
  317. PONTEVEDRA fish carrier 1100/1963 in 1980
  318. PONTYPRIDD freighter 4458/1924 in 1941 (1942 torpedoed)
  319. POPI F see as TAYARI
  320. POPI P.K. see as GOONAWARRA
  321. PORT ADELAIDE freighter 8422/1919 in 1940 (1949 scrapped)
  322. PORT ALMA freighter 8419/1928 in early 1930s, '37 & as HMT in 1941 (1964 scrapped)
  323. PORT AUCKLAND freighter 8308/1922 in 1936, '37 & '40 (1943 torpedoed)
  324. PORT BOWEN freighter 8267/1919 in mid 1930s & '39 (1939 wrecked)
  325. PORT BRISBANE (1st) freighter 8315/1923 in early 1930s (1940 sunk by raider)
  326. PORT BRISBANE (2nd) freighter 11942/1949 in late 1940s/early 1950s
  327. PORT CAMPBELL freighter 8308/1922 in 1939 (1953 scrapped)
  328. PORT CAROLINE freighter 8263/1919 in 1939 & '48 (1950 scrapped)
  329. PORT CHALMERS freighter 8717/1933 in 1937 & '38 (1965 scrapped)
  330. PORT CURTIS see as KRONOBORG
  331. PORT DE BOULOGNE see as BOURBONNAIS
  332. PORT DUNEDIN freighter 7527/1925 in late 1930s & '40 (1962 scrapped)
  333. PORT FREMANTLE freighter 8553/1927 in 1938 (1960 scrapped)
  334. PORT GISBORNE freighter 8001/1927 in 1936 (1940 torpedoed)
  335. PORT HALIFAX 5883/1937 in 1940
  336. PORT HAWKESBURY 133699/1970 in 1985
  337. PORT HOBART freighter 11149/1946 in late 1940s/early 1950s (1970? scrapped?)
  338. PORT HUNTER freighter8437/1921 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  339. PORT HUON freighter 8539/1927 in 1939 (1961 scrapped)
  340. PORT JACKSON freighter 9827/1937 in 1937/1938, '39 & '40 (1967 scrapped)
  341. PORT LINCOLN freighter 7249/1946 in 1947 (1971 scrapped)
  342. PORT MACQUARRIE see as CLAN GRANT
  343. PORT MACQUARRIE freighter 7329/1944 in 1946 & '47 (1968 scrapped)
  344. PORT MELBOURNE freighter 9142/1914 in mid 1930s & '38 (1948 scrapped)
  345. PORT NICHOLSON freighter 8402/1919 in 1940 (1942 torpedoed)
  346. PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY HOPPER NO. 5 see as STONEWELL
  347. PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY HOPPER NO. 6 see as ROCKWELL
  348. PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY HOPPER NO. 23 see as K. RAPANOS & NEWEY
  349. PORT ROYAL PARK freighter 7131/1942 in 1946
  350. PORT SAINT JOHN freighter 5790/1938 in 1947 (1969 scrapped)
  351. PORT STEPHENS see as SILVEROAK
  352. PORT SYDNEY freighter 9129/1914 in 1941 (1948 scrapped)
  353. PORT VICTOR see as KAREL DOORMAN
  354. PORT VINDEX see as VINDEX HMS
  355. PORT WELLINGTON (1st) freighter 7868/1924 in 1936 (1940 sunk by raider)
  356. PORT WELLINGTON (2nd) freighter 10609/1946 in 1946 (1977 scrapped)
  357. PORT WHANGERAI freighter 508/1906 in 1939
  358. PORTFIELD see as FORT LAMY
  359. PORTHIA see as WAMERU & HUAMBO
  360. PATHOS passenger 12692/1914 in 1940 (1942 sunk by aircraft)
  361. PORTIA freighter 968/1911 in 1939 (?/war loss)
  362. PORTLOE see as GEORGE J. GOULANDRIS
  363. PORTO ALEGRE see as BARN HILL
  364. PORTO TORRES see as HARPOON
  365. PORTREGIS freighter 4409/1930 in early 1930s & '33 (1940 torpedoed)
  366. PORT SEA see as AGHIOS GEORGIOS
  367. PORTSMOUTH USS cruiser 1413dis fl/1945 in 1946 (1970 stricken)
  368. PORTUGAL see as QUANZA
  369. PORTUGALETE see as PANAGHIOTIS
  370. PORTUGUESE PRINCE freighter 4981/1912 in abt 1933
  371. PORVENIR see as ARMADALE
  372. POTENZA see as GYDAVORE
  373. POTESTAS see as FORTHBANK
  374. POTSDAM see as SOLGLIMT
  375. POULARIANI see as WATERLAND
  376. PRAIA DA COMENDA trawler 2382/1976 in 1980 (listed in Lloyds Register 1989/90)
  377. PRAIA DE ERICEIRA trawler 1139/1967 in 1980 & '83
  378. PRAIA DE SANTA CRUZ trawler 2400/1974 in 1980 & '81 (listed in Lloyds Register 1989/90)
  379. PRASIDENT passenger 3310/1901 wreck in abt 1930, '32, '34, '38 & '48 (1915 war loss then hulk - pier at Saldanha)
  380. PRAZATTUS see as KOURA
  381. PREMIER passenger 129/1846 in 1879 & 1932
  382. PRENJ see as BOSANKA
  383. PRESIDENT BUCHANAN see as PRESIDENT MONROE
  384. PRESIDENT FILLMORE see as PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
  385. PRESIDENT GARFIELD passenger 10495/1921 in 1940 (1948 scrapped)
  386. PRESIDENT HARDING passenger 13869/1922 in 1938 & '39 (1940 sunk by aircrsft)
  387. PRESIDENT HARRISON passenger 19509/1921 in 1941 (1944 torpedoed)
  388. PRESIDENT HAYES see as CREOLE STATE
  389. PRESIDENT HAYES see as PRESIDENT TYLER
  390. PRESIDENT HAYES passenger 10533/1920 in 1940 (1957 scrapped)
  391. PRESIDENT HOFFMANN see as LOULA NOMIKOS
  392. PRESIDENT HOUDOUCE P.40 armed patrol trawler Free French 1179/1930 in 1941
  393. PRESIDENT JACKSON passenger 14124/1921 in 1941
  394. PRESIDENT JOHNSON see as SANTA CRUZ
  395. PRESIDENT KRUGER South African frigate 2800dis fl/1962 in 1976 (1982 sunk in collision)
  396. PRESIDENT MADISON see as PRESIDENT GARFIELD
  397. PRESIDENT MADISON passenger 10495/1921 in 1941 (1948 scrapped)
  398. PRESIDENT MONROE (1st) passenger 10533/1920 in 1940 (1956 scrapped)
  399. PRESIDENT MONROE (2nd) passenger 9255/1940 in 1941
  400. PRESIDENT PAUL DOUMER see as NORMANDIE
  401. PRESIDENT POLK passenger 10508/1921 in 1940 (1942 wrecked)
  402. PRESIDENT QUIRINO see as FORT GASPEREAU
  403. PRESIDENT REITZ see as SEGUNDO RUIZ-BELVIS
  404. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT see as EMERALD SEAS
  405. PRESIDENT TAFT see as PRESIDENT HARDING
  406. PRESIDENT TAYLOR see as PRESIDENT POLK
  407. PRESIDENT TYLER see as PRESIDENT HAYES
  408. PRESIDENT TYLER passenger 10533/1920 in 1941 (1957 scrapped)
  409. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN passenger 10533/1920 in 1940 (1948 scrapped)
  410. PRESIDENTE SARMIENTO sailing vessel Arg. naval sailing training ship 2850displacement/1898 in 1932 (1961 decommisioned & preserved)
  411. PRETORIA passenger 17362/1936 in 1936 & '37 (1987 scrapped)
  412. PRETORIA CASTLE see as S.A. ORANJE
  413. PRETORIA CASTLE see as WARWICK CASTLE
  414. PRETORIA CASTLE (1st) passenger 17392/1939 in 1938, (completing) '39 and as HMS a.m.c. in 1940 (1962 scrapped)
  415. PRETORIA CASTLE (2nd) passenger 28705/1948 in 1948 (1975 scrapped)
  416. PREUSSEN sailing vessel -/1902 in early 1900s (1910 wrecked)
  417. PREUSSEN harbour ferry, small, at Hamburg 1936
  418. PRIAMOS see as WANGARATTA
  419. PRIMA see as CARL-GORTHON
  420. PRIMAL PROSPERITY see as KAURI
  421. PRIMAL VENTURE see as JOHILLA
  422. PRIMAUGUET cruiser 9350dis fl/1926 in 1939 (1942 war loss)
  423. PRIMAVERA see as PICTOU COUNTY
  424. PRIMROSE HMS see as NORFINN
  425. PRIMROSE freighter 10369/1968 in 1980
  426. PRINC PAVLE freighter 5282/1918 in 1939 (1959 scrapped)
  427. PRINCE OF WALES HMS battleship 42076dis fl/1941 in 1941 (1941 sunk)
  428. PRINCE RUPERT CITY freighter 4749/1929 in 1941 (1941 sunk by aircraft)
  429. PRINCESA OLGA see as EBRO
  430. PRINCESS yacht sailing, small local on Zeekoei Vlei, Cape Town, 1934
  431. PRINCESS ALICE see as AEGAEON
  432. PRINCESS HELENA see as MORAY COAST
  433. PRINCESS MELITA see as HIGHLAND COAST
  434. PRINCESS OLGA see as SERPA PINTO
  435. PRINCESS OLGA see as LANCASHIRE COAST
  436. PRINCESS VICTORIA see as MARANO
  437. PRINS MAURITS see as TARA
  438. PRINSES JOSEPHINE CHARLOTTE see as ATHENS EXPRESS
  439. PRINSESSAN MARGARETA see as KUMANOVO
  440. PRINZ WILHELM see as CHAMBORD
  441. PRINZESS EITEL FRIEDRICH see as DAR POMORZA
  442. PRINZESSIN see as GENERAL VOYRON
  443. PROFESSOR see as PENTRENT
  444. PROME passenger 7043/1937 in 1940 (1962 scrapped)
  445. PROMETHEUS passenger 6095/1925 in 1940 (1958 fire)
  446. PROMETHEUS tanker 8890/1923 in 1940
  447. PROMUS see as ADAMAS
  448. PROPONTIS see as LIEUTENANT J. LE MEUR
  449. PROSPERITY see as LAFONTAINE PARK
  450. PROTAM WAAL see as MAASRIX
  451. PROTEA see as SIR WILLIAM MACINTOSH
  452. PROTEA see as AFRICA
  453. PROTEA sailing vessel 200/1918 in late 1920s/early 1930s, '33, '37(?) (1933 scrapped)
  454. PROTEA (1st) HMSAS naval survey 800displacement/1919 in early 1930s and as floating restaurant 1933 & showboat s.s. PROTEA 1934 (scrapped pre-1938)
  455. PROTEA trawler 307/1938 in late 1930s & '40
  456. PROTEA trawler 806/1970 in 1980 & as PROTEA 4 in 1983
  457. PROTECTOR salvage s.s. 569/1906 in 1952
  458. PROTEE see as L.M. 14
  459. PROTEM WAAL see as MAASRIX
  460. PROTEUS see as BRATTON CASTLE
  461. PROVAN see as UDONDO
  462. PROVENCE see as ENRICO C.
  463. PROXENEION see as CITY OF PRETORIA
  464. PRUSSIA see as CABEDELLO
  465. PUEYRREDON coast defence ship Arg. 6800displacement/1898 in 1947 (1954 discarded)
  466. PUKKASTAN freighter 5809/1929 in 1939 (1939 torpedoed)
  467. PUNG JUEN see as WELLINGTON COURT
  468. PUNGUE freighter 4019/1900 in 1946
  469. PUNTA ANAGA tug 221/1968 in 1974
  470. PURIRI freighter 8047/1915 in 1932
  471. PURIRI freighter 927/1938 in 1939
  472. PURPURA tanker 4409/1904 in late 1920s (1931 scrapped)
  473. PYTHIA whaling factory ship 4401/1897 in abt 1929 (1937 scrapped)

Where known, the fate of the ship is shown in brackets


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