#windjammer

[the-golden-vanity]

Ships at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, May 8th, 2026

Gazela, Grand Banks barquentine (1901) Moshulu, four-masted windjammer barque (1904) Becuna, naval submarine (1944) Olympia, naval protected cruiser (1892)

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[roscoe-conkling]

Seaman Walter King of the German windjammer Pamir posed for this photograph in 1949. One of the last of the commercial sailing ships carrying cargo around the world, the Pamir was wrecked in a hurricane in the mid Atlantic in 1957, hastening the end of the era of commercial windjammers.

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Michael Zeno Diemer (German, 1867–1939), "Windjammer" (details)

[stardustinternational]

Page 52 | Holdouts

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[devilfokke]

An old windjammer by Robert Watts

[i-am-countess-olivia]

Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958). This beautifully shot documentary features an encounter with Pamir, which sank in a hurricane with almost all lives lost.

[nerdforfeanorians]

For having the best elapsed time in the Windjammer race, we won the "Eat My Wake" pennant, which we set immediately

[ginge1962]

Knighthawk #4 - October 1995, cover by Neal Adams.