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American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database

     Index by Vessel Name:  Z


Vessel #   Vessel NameDate BuiltPlace BuiltFate
2131Pacific
2129PacificCondemned in Cape Town, 1844.
530Pacific1807New York, NYCapsized at Panama 1882
531Pacific1807Philadelphia, PALost off Pernambuco, Mar 23, 1848
532Pacific1818Scituate, MALost, Bering Is July, 1866
2779Pacific1832Stonington, CTCond at Cape Town 1844
2132Pacific1842Essex, MASold, 1847
2703Pacific II1807Philadelphia, PALost off Pernambuco, Mar 23, 1848
2130Pacific II1851Baltimore, MDLost, Heard’s Is, Ind O, Feb 1, 1863
527Packet1815Kennebunk, ME
538Pactolus1806Salem, MABurned at Sea, Pacific O, Nov 3, 1838
2134Page1831Osterville, MAWithdr 1872
2135Palestine1828Charlestown, MAWrecked
2136Palladium
2137Palladium1816Salem, MAWent to California 1849
2138Pallas1825Duxbury, MASold at Manila c. 1835
2704Palm
2139Palmer
553Palmetto1846Medford, MAAbandoned as unseaworthy, 1895
550Palmyra1839Plymouth, MAWithdr 1862 for coastal trade
546Pamelia1852Calais, MEWithdr, sold to Newport, RI 1862
2705PanamaCondemned at Valparaiso 1851
2140Panama1826Duxbury, MAWrecked Marquesas, Aug 10, 1844
2141Panama1849Essex, MACapt by Calhoun, May 24, 1861
541Pantheon1828Cohasset, MABurned by crew in Marquesas, Mar 25 or 29, 1856
2144Pantheon1831Phippsburg, MESold for California, 1849
2145Para1861Wilmington, DESold to Boston, 1871
539Parachute1827Newbury, MALost at Tahiti, 10 June 10 1864
2146Paragon1803Portsmouth, VASank at sea near Oahu, 1828
2847Paragon1850Medford, MALost, Strongs Is, Carolines, Mar 20, 1853
2147Paranaex Michael of Portugal, later Highland Mary and Sallie FrenchCondemned near Panama, 1872, sold and broken up
535Parker1831Fairhaven, MALost, Hawaiian Is, Sept 24, 1842
2148Parker Cook1845Medford, MASold to Salem c. 1858
740Parnasso1804New Bedford, MABroken up, 1828
2149Parnel
529Parthian1820Dartmouth, MACond and sold at Rio, Aug 1836
2150Patience
2152Patty
2153Patty
2706Patty
2154Paulina1792North River, (Hanover), MA
543Paulina1842Lost at Lahaina, Nov 14, 1860
2155Pavilion1829Haddam, CTCrushed in ice, Hudson Bay, 1863
2156Peace and Plenty
2157Peacock
2159Pearl1824Duxbury, MALost on Japan Ground, Aug 11, 1843
2158Pearl1838Medford, MABurned by Shenandoah, Apr, 1865
765Pearl Nelson1881Essex, MA
557Pedro Varela1853Somerset, MA or Wickford, RILost at sea, Jan, 1919
2160Peggy
2161Pelican
2162Pembroke
2163Pembroke1819Pembroke, MA
2164Penelope
2165Penelope
2166PenelopeSold to eskimos, Herschel I; wrecked Sept 1907
2167Penguin
2168PenobscotCondemned, Cape of Good Hope, Feb 1845
2169Percy EdwardBoston, MAGrounded, aband, New Caledonia c.1895
540Peri1832Eastport, MESold at Mauritius, 1863
2170PerryWrecked in hurricane at Bermuda, Aug 29, 1880
2171Perseverance (Perseverando)1795Hingham, MA
2172PerseverandaCapt by British on Tuckernuck Sh, 1814
525Persia1816New Bedford, MACond and sold at Callao, 1852
555Peru1818Hanover, MABroken up, 1882or3
2174PeruvianBroken up, 1859
2173Peruvian1818Scituate, MABroken up at New Bedford, 1857
2175Petrel
2176Petrel
552Petrel1840Newbury, MALost in a gale, No Atl, Oct, 1879
545Petrel1853Mattapoisett, MACond and broken up at Brava CVI, 1897, not then whaling
2177Phebe
2178Phebe
2179Phebe1826Cond at Pernambuco, 1846or7
2180PhenixSold to Boston, 1849
2754Phenix1794Duxbury, MA
526Phenix1810Westport, MASold at Liverpool, 1863
2181Philetus1826Biddeford, MECond at Mauritius, Oct, 1850
2183Philip1825Rochester, MASold to Honolulu, 1861
2182Philip Tabb1814Mathews Co, VACond at Honolulu, May, 1847
2184Phillipe De La Noye1848Fairhaven, MAWithdr, sold to NY for merchant service, 1860
533Phocion1807New York, NYSold and broken up, 1852
2185Phoebe Ann
565Phoebe Ann1800Philadelphia, PABroken up, 1829
2186Phoenix
2188PhoenixStone Fleet #1
2189Phoenix
2187Phoenix1821Rochester, MATemp withdr, 1824; Lost, Okhotsk Sea, Oct 12, 1858
2190Phoenix1839Marshfield, MA
2192Pilgrim1825Edgecomb, MESold for California, 1849
2801Pilgrim1847Digby, NSWrecked, 1859
766Pilgrim1884Essex, MALost, CVI, Aug or Sept, 1903
2193Pilot
2194Pilot's Bride1856Rockland, MELost, Kerguelen Is, 1881
451Pindus1805New Bedford, MACond and broken up, 1842
2195Pioneer
2196PioneerCharlestown, MASunk, Hudson’s Str, July 6, 1867
534Pioneer1824Scituate, MACond and sold at Barbados, May 14, 1884
2197Pitt Packet
2198Pizarro1817Glastonbury, CT
2199PlanterCond 1830
567Planter1811Derby, CTSold abroad, 1824
2200Planter1818Middletown, CTBurned at Nantucket, 1859
556Platina1847Mattapoisett, MAAband and broken up, CVI, 1914
621Plato1811Duxbury, MAWrecked at Montauk, NY, 1842
2201Pleiades1828Falmouth, MESold to New Bedford, 1849
542Ploughboy1821Haddam, CTWrecked Guayaquil, Ecuador, May, 1849
2802Plover
547Plover1855Mattapoisett, MALost north of Fiji Is, Aug 5, 1864
2202Plutarch1826Dorchester Co, MD
2203Pluto
2204Plymouth1833Medford, MA
536Pocahontas1809Saybrook, CTBroken up, 1837
2206Pocahontas1816Haverhill, MAWithdr for merchant service, 1838
528Pocahontas1821Wareham, MALost at Cape Verde Is, Oct 29, 1857
2205Pocahontas1829South Kingston, RIWithdr, 1844, sold to NY 1845
537Pocahontas1846New York, NYCond at Barbados, Oct 1870
2208Polar Bear1911Seattle, WASold to Stefansson’s Arctic Expedition, Aug, 1915
544Polar Star1852Mattapoisett, MALost Okhotsk Sea, May, 1861
566Polly
2210Polly
2845Polly
2212PollyGreat Britain
2213Polly
2215Polly
2216Polly
2217Polly
2214Polly1760Edgartown, MALost at sea, 1762
2211Polly1787Cohasset, MA
551Polly and Betsey1788Massachusetts
2209Polly and Eliza1805Barnstable, MAWrecked, aband at sea Sept 26, 1828
2218Popmunett1836Falmouth, MAFoundered in North Pacific, 16 December 1850, 3 days out
2220Porcia
454Portia1819New Bedford, MA
2221Portland
2222PortlandWithdr for California, 1849
2223Portland
2225Portland1795Amesbury, MA
2226Portsmouth1834Portsmouth, NHSold, 1850, perhaps to New York
2227Potomac1841Mattapoisett, MAStone Fleet #1
2228Potomack
2229PotosiLost Falkland Is, Mar 1832
2230Powhattan1832Haddam, CTWithdr for California, 1849
2232President
2233President
2234President
2236President
522President1796New Bedford, MA
548President1811Rochester, MANantucket sold to New Bedford in 1855.
570President1815Worcester Co, MDCond and broken up at Westport, 1848
2231President1834Freetown, MACond and sold foreign
549President II1849Mattapoisett, MALost off Africa, May 8, 1904
2239Preston1834Dorchester, MA
2240PrimroseLost near Trinidad, 1842
2241Prince de JoinvilleWithdr for guano trade
2242Prince George
2243Process
554Progress1841Westerly, RIFormerly Charles Phelps; burned at Chicago, 1894or5
568Protection1817New Bedford, MA
2244Prudence
2245Prudence
2246PrudentSold out, 1859
2248Pythian