PAMIR DOCKED

BIG FINNISH BARQUE

The Finnish barque Pamir, claimed as a prize, was today docked at Wellington. Although a high wind was blowing, the Pamir was safely taken from her berth and, shepherded by two powerful tugs and a Harbour Board launch, guided slowly across the harbour. The docking, the first in Wellington in which a tall sailing ship has been handled, was completed satisfactorily. The ship, which brought 4400 tons of guano to- New Zealand from the Seychelles, had not been docked since she was in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the outbreak of war, and she was badly in need of overhaul and survey. The Pamir is the first large sailing vessel to enter Wellington Heads for 17 years. She is a steel barque of 2799 tons, built by Blohm and Voss, of Hamburg, in 1905. She has been in New Zealand waters several times, visiting Auckland in 1938 and New Plymouth at the beginning of this year. The last large sailing ship to visit Wellington was the barquentine Hesperian, 1100 tons, in February, 1924.