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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.
Sep 2, 2023 · The combination of heavy seas and high winds proved too much for the aging vessel. On September 21, 1957, the Pamir succumbed to the elements, sinking beneath the waves. The tragedy of the Pamir’s sinking extended beyond the loss of a ship. Only six of the 86 crew members survived, making it one of the deadliest shipwrecks of its time.
21 September 1957 – Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie. Pamir was a four-masted barque built for the German shipping company F. Laeisz. One of their famous Flying P-Liners, Laeisz sold her in 1931 to the Finnish shipping company of Gustaf Erikson, which used her in the Australian wheat ...
Oct 4, 1994 · The disaster, said the inquiry report, need not have happened, and added that in the. circumstances a milder storm could have capsized the Pamir. In an. 11-point list of ''lessons to be learned ...
- The Herald Staff
Sep 21, 2013 · Here is the account from Wikipedia, which I believe is based on the Commission report of her sinking: On 10 August 1957 the Pamir left Buenos Aires for Hamburg with a crew of 86, including 52 cadets. Her cargo of 3,780 tons of barley was stored loose in the holds and ballast tanks, secured by 255 tons in sacks stacked on top of the loose grain.[8]
May 26, 2021 · Pamir and Passat were heavily modified, adding engines, extra lifeboats, ballast tanks--and the new cargo arrangement. The venture failed, partly from the cost of modification to the first two vessels, and because Schliewen overextended himself in an attempt to build a fleet while Cape Horners could still be had.
Jan 29, 2016 · Published in May, 1948, this photo-story about the Pamir, one of the last few sailing cargo ships to round Cape Horn on a regular basis, was written by Alan Villiers and accompanied by photographs taken by Norman McNeill is a remarkable document that describes what must often have been a miserable existence, made bearable, probably, by the camaraderie of the crew and the promise of a landfall.
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