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Five German crew rescued from Pamir lifeboat in Atlantic
Hamburg dispatch reports the German bark Pamir rescued five survivors from a lifeboat while five others drowned as a hurricane battered the vessel about 550 miles west southwest of the Azores. The Saxon first picked up the five survivors and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard. search planes and ships scoured the area but found no more survivors. The Pamir, on a training voyage from Buenos Aires to Hamburg, carried 51 cadets and 35 crew with Captain Johannes Diebitsch at the helm.
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Hamburg
Germany
Atlatic
Azores
Isbrandisen Lines
Saxon
Isbrandtsen
New York
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Buenos Aires
Carrie
Trieste
Tacoma Star
Skymater
Redar
Skymaster
U.S. Air Force
U. Air Force
Count Felix von Luckner
Fred Schmidt
Johannes Diebitsch
Hermann Eggers