LOSS OF PAMIR
“Breaches Of Rules”
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 10 p.m.) LUEBECK (West Germany), January 20. A Maritime Board found today that the sail manoeuvres of the 3020-ton four-masted barque Pamir when she founded were “contrary to the accepted sailing rules.” The Pamir sank in an Atlantic hurricane on September 21, with the loss of 80 lives. Mr Eckart Luhmann, chairman of the board, said in the findings at the end of the ten-day inquiry that “the possibility exists that the lack of familiarity of the captain, Johannes Diebitsch, with the particular sailing conditions and the stability of the Pamir, and the limited sailing ship experience of the first officer may have had adverse effects.”
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28490, 21 January 1958, Page 11
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