Pamir 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. Outmoded by more
modern bulk-carriers, and having severe technical difficulties
after her shipping consortium was unable to finance much-needed
repairs and recruit sufficient capable officers, on 21 September
1957 she was caught in Hurricane Carrie and sank off the Azores,
with only six survivors recovered after an extensive rescue
effort. She was the fifth of ten near sister ships. She was
commissioned on 18 October 1905 and used by the Laeisz company
in the South American nitrate trade. By 1914 she had made eight
cruises to Chile, taking between 64 and about 70 days for a one-
way trip from Hamburg to Valparaíso or Iquique, the foremost
Chilean nitrate ports of the time. During World War I she stayed
in port in the Canary Islands. Due to war conditions, she did
not return to Hamburg until March 17, 1920. In the same year she
was handed over t