Pamir was a four-masted barque built for the German shipping company F. Laeisz. One of their famous Flying P-Liners, she was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949. By 1957, she had been outmoded by modern bulk carriers and could not operate at a profit. Her shipping consortium's inability to finance much-needed repairs or ...

Jun 24, 2016 · Pamir, a four-masted barque, was one of the famous Flying P-Liner sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. She was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949. By 1957, she had been outmoded by modern bulk carriers and could not operate at …

Sep 2, 2023 · Explore captivating historical photos of the Pamir, the world's final ocean-going sailing ship, in this nostalgic journey through maritime history.

Built in Germany in 1905, PAMIR represented the peak achievement of sailing ship design and construction. She was constructed at the Hamburg yards of Blohm and Voss and launched on the River Elbe on July 29th to a career which would span almost exactly 52 years.

The Pamir was a four masted, steel hulled 3,020 tonne barque, built in 1905 at the Blohm and Voss shipyards in Hamburg for shipping company F. Laeisz. One of ten sister ships in their Flying-P Liner class, she was 114.5 m long with a 14 m beam and a draught of 7.25 m.

Nov 24, 2014 · Pamir, a four-masted barque, was one of the famous Flying P-Liner sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. She was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949. By 1957 she had been outmoded by modern bulk carriers and could not operate at a profit.

Tall ship “Pamir” was a four-masted barque built at Hamburg in 1905 to carry ore and bulk cargo across the oceans. She was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949. On 21 September 1957, she was caught in Hurricane Carrie on her way back from Argentina and sank off the Azores, with only six survivors rescued after an

May 6, 2022 · Today's featured Sail Freighter is the Pamir, built in Hamburg, Germany in 1905. She was rigged as a 4-masted Barque, with her three forward masts square rigged and her aftermost mast rigged Fore-&-Aft.

Sep 21, 2013 · The Pamir had been built in 1905 for the the German shipping company F. Laeisz of Hamburg. She was a steel, four masted barque, setting royals over double t’gallants. Her gross tonnage was 3,020 and her deadweight tonnage was 4,500.

Pamir was a four-masted barque (which is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts), built for the German shipping company F. Laeisz in Hamburg in 1905. She was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949. She was handed over to Italy in 1920 as part of war reparations (WWI).