The Passat is a four-masted steel barque that was launched by Blohm & Voss in 1911 as one of the legendary Flying P-Liners of the shipping company F. Laeisz and is now moored in the port of Travemünde.
She was initially used as a cargo sailor between Europe and South America under six Laeisz captains. Owned by Gustaf Erikson, she was used primarily to transport wheat between Australia and Europe (see Wheat Regatta). In the 1950s she was used as a cargo sailing training ship between Europe and South America's east coast. In total, she circumnavigated Cape Horn (so-called Cape Hornier), which was notorious for its weather conditions, 39 times. When the sister ship Pamir sank in a hurricane in 1957 and the Passat itself narrowly escaped sinking in a hurricane shortly afterwards, the ship was decommissioned due to declining profitability.
Today the Passat serves as a museum, overnight accommodation and event location.