Why Is It Called Windjammer?

[@jamessteel1719]

Great content - really like your calm and informative style

[@williamzk9083]

New Zealand and Australia began exporting frozen beef and lamb in 1865 on windjammers. The ships had an air standard cycle refrigeration plant made by the Boston Coil Company driven by a steam engine. The journey to London took 89 days and required 300 tons of coal to fuel the refrigeration plant. The livestock was slaughtered in tents set up on the dock and loaded and frozen on board the ship. Given the state of technology it would’ve been impossible to sail the way from Sydney to London on a steam ship in 1865.

[@leclubdaventuredoutre-mer]

That is an interesting addition to the long haul use of the windjammers and how steam engines were used aboard sailing ships for other purposes than propulsion. Thank you for this addition.

[@danem.9402]

very interesting video. Thanks for the history.

[@tedmiles2110]

Peru is where guano came from; but nitrate came from Chile. The 5 mast ship Preussen and the other P-Liners sailed in the nitrate trade until the early 1930s. Four mast barks Pommern, Passat, Peking, are museums and Padua is a Russian sail training vesseel. TM maritme historian

[@leclubdaventuredoutre-mer]

Thank you for adding these details. Regarding guano and nitrate I was aware that guano came from Peru, but my source said Peru and nitrate and I assumed that there could be an export of nitrate from Peru, too.

[@informationmimic9547]

I think the moment about Preussen was a little ambiguous. Although she may be the only 5-mast full-rigger, there were also 5-master barques like France I and II, R.C. Rickmers, Potosi, Kobenhavn... As far as i've read, such ships were treated as technical wonders or at least tourist attractions to say the least. I think today capesize supertankers\superbulkers would attract similar attention if they were to enter big city port. One more interesting note - as far as i know, none of the 5-mast ships i mentioned lived to see the scrapyard. All were claimed by the sea (or shores).

[@leclubdaventuredoutre-mer]

I do appreciate that it can seem a little ambiguous that I focus on Preussen, when there were quite a few five masted barques that were equally impressive. Windjammer-sized sailing ships are generally impressive and I chose to focus on the Wyoming, the Thomas W. Lawson and Preussen. Preussen specifically I chose because it tied in well with the Royal Clipper being build a Century later showing that Windjammers are still built today. Had I focused on barques I could have tied in with training ships often being barques. But with the full-riggers Preussen and the Royal Clipper I could mention two individual ships, whereas with the barques it would be a number of ships.

[@crayzeeboye988]

im gonna start calling fat women in walmart windjammers