Passat (ship)

Passat in Travemünde
History
Germany
Name	Passat
Namesake	Tradewind
Owner	F. Laeisz Shipping Company
Port of registry	Hamburg (1911-19) Hamburg (1919-21) Marseille (1921) Hamburg (1922-32) Mariehamn (1932-51) Hamburg (1951-58), Lübeck (since 1958)
Route	Hamburg-Chile; 1 journey round the world
Ordered	1908
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Cost	German gold mark 680,000.00
Yard number	206
Laid down	2 March 1911
Launched	20 September 1911
Decommissioned	1957
Maiden voyage	24 December 1911 to Valparaiso (arr. 14 March 1912)
Identification	MMSI number: 211369440 Callsign: DH6101
Status	Youth hostel
General characteristics
Class and type	four-masted steel barque nitrate carrier
Displacement	6.180 ts
Tons burthen	4.700 ts
Length	377 ft (115 m) (length overall) 319 ft (97 m) (length on deck)
Beam	47.3 ft (14.4 m)
Height	178 ft (54 m) (waterline to masthead truck)
Draft	24 ft (7.3 m)
Depth	28 ft (8.5 m) (depth moulded)
Depth of hold	26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Decks	5: 2 continuous steel decks, poop, forecastle, and midship decks
Installed power	originally no auxiliary propulsion; Since 1951: built-in sub diesel (~900 HP)
Propulsion	sail
Sail plan	34 sails: 18 square sails, 9 staysails, 4 foresails, 3 spanker sails sail area: 49,514 sq ft (4,600 m²) later on: 43,056 sq ft (4,000 m²)
Speed	18 knots (33.34 km/h) under sail (6.4 kn with engine)
Boats & landing craft carried	4 lifeboats
Complement	26-35
Crew	captain, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd mates, steward, 21 to 30 able seamen and shipboys

Passat is a German four-masted steel barque and one of the Flying P-Liners, the famous sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. She is one of the last surviving windjammers. (The name "Passat" is German for trade wind.)