# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships P

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ P ] :
| Name of Officer. | Rank. | Ships. | Captains. | Captains. | Captains. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. |
| Page, H. H. M. R. | L. | Canopus | | Fairfax Moresby, C.B. | | 27 | Dec | 45 | 30 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| Pakenham, Hon. T.A. | L. | Ranger | | C. F. Newland | | 31 | May | 48 | 29 | Mar | 49 | P.O. ​ |
| | „ | President | | W. P. Stanley | | 18 | May | 46 | 6 | Feb | 49 | P.O. |
| Palliser, W. R. G. | L. | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 28 | Feb | 47 | | | | |
| | „ | Ditto | | Charles Wise | | 10 | Feb | 48 | | | | |
| Palmer, John | L. | Powerful | | R. S. Dundas | | 27 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Palmer, John J. | Cr. | Mutine | | Self | | 26 | Oct | 47 | 26 | Feb | 49 | Wrecked. |
| Palmes, John P. | L. | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 30 | Apr | 47 | 3 | Dec | 47 | Supd. |
| | „ | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 8 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Parish, John E. | L. | Vanguard | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | George Wickens Willes George F. Rich | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 8 | May | 45 | 28 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Parker, George | L. | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 9 | Nov | 46 | 6 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | Thetis | | H. J.Codrington | | 8 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Partridge, F. J. | L. | Superb | | A. L. Corry | | 20 | July | 46 | 28 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Partridge, W. L. | L. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 12 | June | 49 | | | | |
| Pasco, C. A. D. | L. | Vulture | | John M‘Dougall (b) | | 28 | Aug | 46 | 2 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| Pasley, Sir T. S., Bart. | C. | Rl. Sovereign | | Self | | 5 | May | 49 | | | | |
| Patey, George Edwin | Cr. | Rodney | | Edward Collier, C.B. | | 26 | Jan | 48 | 8 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Patey, Russell | L. | Nerbudda | | Edward Peirse | | 27 | Oct | 47 | 19 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Bellerophon | | R. L. Baynes, C.B. | | 9 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Payne, C. B. | L. | Havannah | | John E. Erskine | | 4 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Payne, W. H. | L. | Hibernia | | Charles Wise | | 1 | Aug | 48 | Bellerophon | Bellerophon | Bellerophon | Bellerophon |
| | „ | Bellerophon | | R. L. Baynes, C.B. | | | | | | | | |
| Paynter, James A. | L. | Gorgon | | Self | | 29 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Pearse, W. A. R. | L. | Lizard | | Self | | 3 | Mar | 47 | | Oct | 48 | |
| Pechell, Charles | L. | Superb | | Edward Purcell | | 29 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Peel Francis | L. | Raleigh | | Hon. George Hope | | 6 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Peel, William | Cr. | Daring | | Self | | 11 | Feb | 47 | 2 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Peirse, Edward | Cr. | Nerbudda | | Self | | 27 | Oct | 47 | 8 | June | 48 | |
| Phelps, Henry | L. | Raleigh | | S. G. Fremantle | | 3 | Mar | 47 | 2 | June | 47 | |
| Philips, Alexander | L. | Firefly | | John Tudor | | 3 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Phillipps, Robert | L. | Bloodhound | | Self | | 18 | July | 45 | 28 | Dec | 48 | P.O. |
| Phipps, W. H. | L. | Collingwood | | Robert Smart, K.H. | | 12 | Apr | 47 | 9 | Dec | 47 | |
| | „ | Queen | | H. W. Bruce | | 3 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Pickard, B. S. | L. | Melampus | | John N. Campbell, C.B. | | 5 | Apr | 45 | 2 | Oct | 47 | Invd. |
| | „ | Ranger | | C. F. Newland | | 17 | June | 48 | 29 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Pickard, S. H. | L. | San Josef | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir H. J. Leeke, K.H. Sir T. Maitland. C.B. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 28 | Jan | 48 | 1 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| | „ | Impregnable | | Sir Thomas Maitland | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Pigott, L. P. | L. | Amazon | | James J. Stopford | | 18 | Nov | 44 | 6 | Apr | 48 | P.O. |
| Pike, J. W. | L. | Kingfisher | | Henry Harvey | | 11 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Place, L. R. | L. | Vulture | | John M‘Dougall (b) | | | Mar | 48 | 2 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Southampton | | Nich. Cory | | 3 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Ponsonby, T. C. | L. | Firefly | | Self | | 24 | Nov | 47 | | June | 48 | Supd. |
| Popplewell, George O. | L. | Daedalus | | Peter M‘Quhae | | 22 | Oct | 44 | 13 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Porcher, E. A. | L. | Sidon | | W. W. Henderson | | 18 | Nov | 46 | 30 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| | „ | Cleopatra | | T. L. Massie | | 27 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Powell, C. C. | L. | Belleisle | | John Kingcombe | | 8 | May | 46 | 7 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Powell, R. A. | L. | Flying Fish | | Self (ag.) | | 3 | Dec | 47 | 3 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 16 | May | 48 | 9 | Jan | 49 | |
| | „ | Fisgard | | Henry Eden | | 9 | Jan | 49 | 12 | Feb | 49 | |
| | „ | Janus | | Self | | 12 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Power, E. R. | L. | Locust | | Self | | 1 | July | 46 | 11 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Preston, D’Arcy S. | L. | Southampton | | Nich. Cory | | 5 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Prevost, L. de T. | L. | Pantaloon | | Self | | 29 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Price, John A. P. | L. | Cleopatra | | Thomas L. Massie | | 3 | May | 49 | | | | |
| Price, David | C. | Ocean | | Self | | 10 | Nov | 46 | 11 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | Ganges | | Self | | 11 | Jan | 48 | 1 | Mar | 48 | |
| | „ | Wellington | | Self | | 1 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Priest, B. P. | L. | Carysfort | | George H. Seymour | | 25 | Sept | 47 | 25 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Arrogant | | Robert FitzRoy | | 13 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Pritchard, Samuel | L. | St. Vincent | | S. C. Dacres | | 2 | Mar | 47 | 19 | Apr | 49 | P.O. |
| Pullen, W. J. S. | L. | Plover | | T. E. L. Moore | | 12 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Purcell, Edward | C. | Superb | | Self | | 29 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Purvis, George T. M. | L. | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 23 | Feb | 48 | 15 | May | 48 | |
| | „ | Alarm | | G. G. Loch | | 15 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Purvis, Richard | L. | Penelope | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | H. W. Giffard L. T. Jones | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 12 | Oct | 47 | F.L. | F.L. | F.L. | F.L. |