Linus Lindvall (aboard Olivebank)

Linus Algot Lindvall (28/10/1899 - 10/08/1968) (0) boarded on the Pamir from February 1937 to June 1937, as Captain () under Finnish Flag on behalf of Gustaf Erikson.

He boarded for the first time in 1919 on the schooner Swiks, then on the schooner Edna, the barque Carmen, the steamer Sunlight and the barque Killoran.

He got his licence of Captain in 1932 at Mariehamn. He served firstly as First Officer on the barkentine Estonia, the four-masts Olivebank, the four-masts barque Herzogin Cecilie and the square rigged Dagny, then he became Master in 1933.

In February 1937, here at Port Lincoln, he took command of the Pamir from Uno Mörn and let him the command of the Olivebank.

During the war, he sailed in Norwegian waters to escape the requisitions of the Germans (0).

Linus Lindvall (0)

Throughout his carreer he passed 10 times the Cape Horn and commanded the following ships:

Olivebank Pamir Passat Passat Vapeur Vera Voilier Maria Voilier Krista

1933 - 1937 (3) 1937 - 1937 (1) 1938 - 1939 (2) 1944 - 1945 (2)

(0) Linus Lindvall ; Linus Lindvall ; Linus Lindvall

(1) Pamir

(2) Passat ; Sea History n°18 pp 60-61

(3) Olivebank