Pangani (ship)

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The Pangani was a four-masted barque owned by the German shipping company F. Laeisz ( Hamburg ) and was one of the shipping company's well-known ships, the so-called Flying P-Liners . In January 1913 she sank in the English Channel after a collision with the French steamer Phryné , whereby 30 of the 34 crew members were killed.

history

The Pangani was built at the Joh. C. Tecklenborg shipyard in Geestemünde as the third four-masted barque for the Laeisz shipping company as a three-island ship with 3,054 GRT and was launched in January 1903. She started her maiden voyage under Captain T. Schmidt. On April 14, they passed the front of the English county of Kent situated lighthouse of Dungeness and reached on June 15, 1903 Valparaiso ( Chile ) after 61 days. Like most ships in the Laeisz fleet, she was used on the saltpetre voyage to Chile, which she only sailed. After four round trips - Channel Chile and back - under Captain Schmidt, Captain F. Junge took over the ship's command in 1907. After a further eight round trips, the Pangani , laden with Dutch clay dishes, glassware and grain mills, hit the English Channel north of Cape La Hague one hour before midnight on her 13th trip from Antwerp to Chile on January 27, 1913 (Bruzelius mentions January 18) with the French 2,817 GRT steamer Phryné from Bordeaux and sank within less than five minutes. The steamer had rammed the tall ship at foremast level . Many of the sailors' crew were thrown into the sea. Although Captain Briend launched lifeboats and the sailors threw lifebuoys , only four men of the Pangani crew were rescued, the second officer, two sailors and the cabin boy . The hearing at the maritime court revealed that, according to a statement by Captain Briend and confirmation by the surviving 2nd officer of the Pangani, the sailor's position lights were covered by sails, as a result of a sailing maneuver despite the oncoming steamer at night. So the big barque could not be seen early enough for the Phryné in the dark. The steamer continued its voyage to Le Havre with its bow pushed in, where it was repaired in dry dock for several months . The wreck of the Pangani lies at a depth of 70 m at position 50 ° 1 '18 "  N , 1 ° 47' 38"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '18 "  N , 1 ° 47' 38"  W and is behind the bow in two Parts broken. It could be identified in September 2007 by finding the ship's bell . The Pangani was, besides the losses of the great Prussians in 1910, the Pitlochry in 1913 and the Petschili in 1919, the only loss among the four and five masters of the Laeisz shipping company.

The Padua was built at the same shipyard Joh. C. Tecklenborg as the Pangani based on her ship plan (no sister ship ).

Ship data

literature

  • Hans Jörg Furrer: The four- and five-mast square sailors in the world . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1984; P. 161; ISBN 3-7822-0341-0
  • Peter Klingbeil: Flying P-Liner - The sailing ships of the shipping company F. Laeisz . Verlag "Die Hanse" GmbH, Hamburg 2000; P. 142 and 143; ISBN 3-434-52562-9
  • Andreas Gondesen: The last Flying P-Liners. Pamir, Passat, their sisters and half-sisters built between 1902 and 1926 . Writings of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven No. 69. Oceanum Verlag, Wiefelstede 2010. ISBN 978-3-86927-069-2

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Technical data of the Padua ( Memento of October 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on January 3, 2009