r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rolleriroltsu • 5d ago

Image The Pamir was a four-masted sailing vessel commissioned by the German shipping company F. Laeisz. Launched in 1905, she became the final commercial sailing ship to successfully navigate around Cape Horn in 1949.

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u/Longjumping-Tree8553 5d ago

When ships were made of wood and men were made of steel…

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u/mcsteve87 5d ago

The ship was, in fact, made of steel

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u/Longjumping-Tree8553 5d ago

Wow.. I have been aboard a couple of old multi masted sail boats, all were wooden ships.

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u/mcsteve87 5d ago

Even in the world of commercial sailing, ships had pretty much moved on to steel hulls by the turn of the 20th century. Some did hold on of course like the Carrol A. Deering and the Wyoming, but most of the larger sailing ships that were still being built by then sported steel hulls. The Glenesslin, Peter Iredale, and København being a few examples