The four masted steel barque Passat was build 1911, used as a merchant ship carrying nitrate from Chile to Hamburg until being decommissioned 1957. 1959 it was bought by the city of Lübeck and still serves as a museum, hostel and landmark of Travemünde, Lübeck's port on the Baltic Sea. When in active service, the Passat was run by the Laeisz shipping company and due to it's speed, this line of sailing trading vessels was called The Flying P-Liners. Today, the surviving vessels mostly serve as museums, the Pommern in Mariehamm, the Peking in Hamburg and only the Padua, now named Kruzenshtern is in aktive service under russian flag, used as a school ship.