| Date of launch | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Hamburg |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 3100 |
| NRT | 2882 |
| DWT | 4700 |
| Length | 98.1 m (321.9 ft) |
| Beam | 14.4 m (47.2 ft) |
| Draft | 8.1 m (26.5 ft) |
- 1911
Built of steel by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, for Reederei F. Laeisz, Hamburg. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails. She sailed on the South American nitrate trade. - 1931
Sold to Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn and put on the Australian wheat trade. - 1939
Laid up in Mariehamn together with the Viking and the Pommern. - 1946
Back in service; made two last voyages on the wheat trade; 1946-47 together with the Viking and 1948-49 with the Pamir. - 1 June 1951
The Passat and the Pamir were to be broken up in Hamburg, but were bought by a German shipowner from the scrapyard, to be used as cargo-carrying schoolships. They were rebuilt in Kiel and had engines installed. - 21 September 1957
The Pamir was tragically lost in a hurricane when her cargo of grain had shifted and the Passat was laid up in Travemünde where she can still be seen as a museum ship.
Pictures:
 | The Passat |  | The Passat |
 | The Passat in Travemünde 2003 Copyright (C) Jukka Vehkaoja |
References:
- Sten Lille, Lars Grönstrand: Suomen valtameripurjehtijat, ISBN 951-9064-31-1, published by Etelä-Suomen Kustannus Oy 1979
- Alex A. Hurst: Hur all världens råtacklade fyr- och femmastade skepp slutade sin levnad, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 23 pp. 76 - 93, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1987
- Alex A. Hurst: En lista på all världens 4- och 5-mastade råtacklade skepp, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 22 pp. 7 - 31, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1986
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