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Card photograph album containing eleven black and white photographs of various sailing vessels. Possibly the work of Mr H.T. Hobbs.

Barque PASSAT (3,091 gross ton). Built 1911 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, for Reederei F. Laeisz, Hamburg (the Flying “P” Line). Rigged as a 4-masted barque with royals over double top and topgallant sails – she worked on the nitrate trade from South America. In 1916 she was laid up at Iquique for the duration of WW1. In 1921 transferred to the French Government as war reparations, but bought back in the December of that year by F. Laeisz. 1932 – Together with her elder sister Pamir she was sold to Gustav Erikson of Mariehamn, Finland. She was laid up at Mariehamn for the duration of WW2. 1946 – Loaded deals and passengers for East London, South Africa arriving at Table Bay 82 days later. 1949 – The PAMIR and PASSAT were the last sailing ships to carry grain from Australia. 1950 – Sold together with PAMIR to Van der Loo of Antwerp for scrapping. 1951 – Sold to H. Schliewen, Lübeck, to be used as a sail-training ship. 1954 – Sold at auction to Schleswig-Holsteinisches Lanesbank. 1956 – Sold to Stiftung Pamir und Passat, Lubeck. 1957 – She found refuge at Lisbon during the hurricane in which the PAMIR perished, and was laid up at Hamburg. 1960 – Established as a stationary school ship at Travemünde, where she is currently (2012) preserved as a museum ship.

(499gt) : Built 1927 by Høivolds Mek Verksted, Kristiansund, Norway, as a sail training vessel for ship owner O.A.T. Skjelbred, and operated by "Sørlandets Seilende Skoleskibs Institution”. 1940 - She served as accommodation for German submariners at the start of World War 2, and later used to house Russian prisoners of war during which she was sunk at Kirkines Bay during an air raid. At the end of the war, she was raised and towed back to Kristiansund where the damage was repaired and made ready to sail again by 1948. SØRLANDET was motorised (with a 560hp engine) for the first time in 1958. 1974 - No longer used as a training vessel, she was sold to ship owner Helmer Staubo & Co., Oslo, and although registered at Arendal, she was laid up at Kilsund for the next three years where she was allowed to decay. 1977 - Re-purchased by O.A.T. Skjelbred and presented to the people of Kristiansund who restored her to her former glory by 1980. 1981 - Training foundation "Stiftelsen Fullriggeren Sørlandet" became her owner and operator. After restorations in 1988, and again between 2003 and 2007 (when she was provided with air-conditioning), she underwent a major refit in 2012 and is still (2015) in full service as a training vessel.