Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 11:56:15 GMT -5
The "Passat" is a German four-masted steel barque launched in 1911 at the Blohm & Voss shipyard, Hamburg. She is one of the last surviving windjammers. (The German name "Passat" is for trade wind).
In 1957, a few weeks after the tragic loss of "Pamir" (not a sister ship) in mid-Atlantic and shortly after having herself been severely hit by a storm, "Passat" was decommissioned and purchased in 1959 by the Baltic Sea municipality of Lübeck. She is now a museum ship, and landmark moored at Travemünde.
By the way, "Passat"'s true sister ship is the "Peking"; she has also survived as a museum ship and attraction at the South Street Seaport museum, harbor of New York.
Bernard
In 1957, a few weeks after the tragic loss of "Pamir" (not a sister ship) in mid-Atlantic and shortly after having herself been severely hit by a storm, "Passat" was decommissioned and purchased in 1959 by the Baltic Sea municipality of Lübeck. She is now a museum ship, and landmark moored at Travemünde.
By the way, "Passat"'s true sister ship is the "Peking"; she has also survived as a museum ship and attraction at the South Street Seaport museum, harbor of New York.
Bernard
