Off the West Coast
Deep-laden with saltpetre, the 4-masted barque Padua heads south for Cape Horn.
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Pamir
The Last Rounding
The 4-masted barque Pamir rounds Cape Horn on 11 July 1949.
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Pamir and Passat
Pt Victoria 1949
The 4-masted barque Pamir commences her last voyage as an engineless ship.
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Passat, Lawhill and Viking
Three Tall Ships
1948: Passat, Viking and Lawhill are seen together for the last time.
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Peking
Leaving Iquique
The 4-masted barque Peking puts to sea with 60000 bags of sodium nitrate in her belly.
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Penang
Eastwards, Ever Eastwards
Penang as she was prior to 1933, returning to Europe by way of Cape Horn.
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Polly Woodside
On the Tasman Run
Polly Woodside transported coal to Chile, returning with nitrates.
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Pommern
Towards Spencer Gulf
Pommern heads north from the Great Australian Bight into Spencer Gulf.
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Preussen
Stretching a New Topsail
Preussen, the pride of the Laeisz fleet was, the only 5-masted full-rigged ship ever built.
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Priwall
Five Days and Fourteen Hours
Priwall achieves the fastest ever east to west rounding of Cape Horn by a commercial sailing ship (1938).
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Vigilant
On the Pacific Run
The 5-masted schooner Vigilant was one of the last sailing ships built on the US Pacific coast.
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Viking
Down to her Marks
The Finnish 4-masted barque Viking being loading with grain headed for London.
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Wavertree
Coal Loading at the Dyke
Wavertree alongside the coal-loading wharves at the entrance to the Hunter River.
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White Pine (1)
Final Landfall
The barque White Pine makes landfall off the Grey River NZ, at the end of her sailing career
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White Pine (2)
Landfall at Sunset
The barque White Pine makes landfall off the Grey River NZ, at the end of her sailing career
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Winterhude
Flying fish weather
The barque Winterhude moves along easily at 23 degrees South latitude, accompanied by dolphins and porpoises,
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Wulfran Puget
On the Nickel Run
The 4-masted barque Wulfran Puget eases along gently at about 5 knots with a fair wind. In her belly is a cargo of nickel ore loaded in New Caledonia.
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