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AddBy: Raymond Berntsen18th Mar 2019 9:08AMMy father Ray Berntsen sailed as crewmember out of San Francisco on the Pamir in 1941. He told a few stories and one was of his participation of induction into King Neptune's realm upon crossing the equator. Last week while visiting the Wellington NZ museum I came upon a picture of two sailors on the Pamir with long blond wigs dressed up for this ceremony on the decK. The sailor on the right in the coconut shell bra is My father.
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PAMIR 1942-1948
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Date Built1905Tonnage2799 GTOwners & Previous Names1905-1942 Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn, Finland
1942-1948 NZ Government (USSCo Agents)
1948 Gustaf EriksonAdditional NotesSeized as a prize of war when it arrived in Wellington in August 1941 flying Finnish flag. Managed by Union Company throughout the war years and used as a sail training ship for young New Zealanders. Made nine voyages across the Pacific to North American west coast and one to London in 1948. Handed back to Finnish owners in November 1948. Subsequently lost with all hands in an Atlantic cyclone in 1957.
Tonnage2799 GTOwners & Previous Names1905-1942 Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn, Finland1942-1948 NZ Government (USSCo Agents)
1948 Gustaf Erikson
Additional NotesSeized as a prize of war when it arrived in Wellington in August 1941 flying Finnish flag. Managed by Union Company throughout the war years and used as a sail training ship for young New Zealanders. Made nine voyages across the Pacific to North American west coast and one to London in 1948. Handed back to Finnish owners in November 1948. Subsequently lost with all hands in an Atlantic cyclone in 1957. Connections
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (21st Aug 2019). PAMIR 1942-1948. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 17th Aug 2022 10:56, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/855