Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - Pamir and Passat - the end of an era . . .

These considerations must be emphasised, as we must be conscious of the fact that we are in a condition to take from our own lives, different stimuli, both spiritual and tied to the family, which may eventually allow us to go a head in an extreme situation; and this not only for ourselves, but so that we may share our energy with those who could be our companions in ill fortune, and thus form one single body to overcome adversity.

Epilogue - The lost wake of the Pamir left 80 dead, the majority of them young men who were awaited to fill positions with professionalism and enthusiasm in the German merchant navy. The teachings from this tragedy are the legacy their lost lives leave to all the navies of the world. [294] [295]

Many thanks to Ricardo Kompatzki, President of the Caphorniers, Chile for his kind permission to use the foregoing article. It is a sad story but does vividly demonstrate the risks associated with life at sea; the everyday dangers to the merchant and navy crews of the world in bringing and taking goods and passengers; including coal from Penarth.

On the subject of risks to sailing ships and their crew, I also thought it would be appropriate to include some of the images taken from another book written on the experiences of Eric Newby after joining a four masted Finnish barque in 1938. He also thought that his voyage was 'the Last Grain Race' which was sub-titled 'his magnificent adventure of the last days of sail'. It is a splendid read and so full of humour, so much so, that the Western Mail declared it 'the funniest book yet written about life at sea in sail'.