Passat (meaning “Trade Wind”) was built in 1911, in Hamburg. She is a four-masted steel barque, rigged with royal sails over double top and top gallant sails. Passat was one of three clippers (one being her sister ship, Peking; and the other Pamir), ordered by Reederei F. Laeisz for nitrate trading between Chile and Europe. Together they formed the “Flying P Line”. Launched September 20 at the shipyard of Blohm & Voss, Passat was a fast ship capable of completing the journey out to Valparaiso in an average of 71 days, and the return leg in 90 days. She worked on this route carrying back nitrate vital for use in fertilizers for the agricultural trade. However she only carried out four trips before being held at the Chilean port of Iquique in 1916 due to the First World War. She remained there with her sister ship, Peking until the end of the war. In 1921 Passat was surrendered to the French government as reparations, only to be sold back to F. Laiesz at the end of that year. She resumed her previous trading duties but suffered setbacks as a result of two separate collisions in the English Channel. Today based in Travemunde, she is preserved as a museum ship.
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