Four-masted barque Pamir (1930s)
The four-masted barque Pamir in fog. My colorization of a BW photo of Adolf Bock´s painting in the Maritime Museum of Finland archive. I usually do not colorize paintings, but in this case I did it believing that it was a photo! I could not find a picture of the original painting in color, so here you have my version ...
Adolf Bock (1890-1968) was a German-Swedish marine painter, who during 1919 - 1939 mostly lived in Finland. He made several journeys with Finnish barque ships in order to learn about how to paint them. In the 1930s his paintings were displayed in several major exhibitions in Finland. After WW2 Bock lived and worked in Helsingborg, Sweden.
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.
The Åland (Finland) shipowner Gustaf Erikson bought her in 1931 for use in the Australian wheat trade. In 1941 Pamir was seized by New Zealand as a war prize, but Erikson got her back in 1948. In 1951 Pamir was acquired by German shipowner Heinz Schliewen and later by a consortium of German owners.
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 to recruit sufficient sail-trained officers caused severe technical difficulties. On 21 September 1957, she was caught in Hurricane Carrie and sank off the Azores, with only six survivors rescued after an extensive search.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Four-masted barque Pamir (1930s)
The four-masted barque Pamir in fog. My colorization of a BW photo of Adolf Bock´s painting in the Maritime Museum of Finland archive. I usually do not colorize paintings, but in this case I did it believing that it was a photo! I could not find a picture of the original painting in color, so here you have my version ...
Adolf Bock (1890-1968) was a German-Swedish marine painter, who during 1919 - 1939 mostly lived in Finland. He made several journeys with Finnish barque ships in order to learn about how to paint them. In the 1930s his paintings were displayed in several major exhibitions in Finland. After WW2 Bock lived and worked in Helsingborg, Sweden.
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.
The Åland (Finland) shipowner Gustaf Erikson bought her in 1931 for use in the Australian wheat trade. In 1941 Pamir was seized by New Zealand as a war prize, but Erikson got her back in 1948. In 1951 Pamir was acquired by German shipowner Heinz Schliewen and later by a consortium of German owners.
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 to recruit sufficient sail-trained officers caused severe technical difficulties. On 21 September 1957, she was caught in Hurricane Carrie and sank off the Azores, with only six survivors rescued after an extensive search.
(Source: Wikipedia)