| Ship name | Pamir |
| Launched | 1905 |
| Designer | Blohm & Voss |
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss (n° 180), Hamburg, Germany |
| Ordered by | Ferdinand Laeisz (n° 65) |
| Flag | German |
| Rigged | Four-masted barque |
| Material | Riveted steel |
| Deck | Canaries pitchpine upon steel |
| Overall length | 114,50 m |
| Length of hull | 105,00 m |
| Deck length | 96,34 m |
| Length bet. perpendiculars | 94,48 m |
| Beam of frames | 14,04 m |
| Beam overall | 14,14 m |
| Height (hull) | 8,48 m |
| Draught max. | 7,26 m |
| Freeboard min. | 1,70 m |
| Depth of hold | 7,99 m |
| Sails | 3800 m² (34 canvas sails) |
| Rope | 5000 m (steel cable) |
| Masts | Steel masts and yards |
| Main mast height | 51,2 m (over the deck, for the three fore masts) |
| Breadth main yard | 28 m |
| Breadth royal yard | 14 m |
| Tonnage | 4500 DWT |
| Tonnage register, net | 3020 GRT, 2777 NRT |
| Tonnage after 1951 | 3103 GRT, 2509 NRT |
| Crew | 28 to 35 men |
| Engines | None until 1951 then 1 diesel Krupp of 900 HP |
| Speed under sail | 13.5 knots max (record 16 knots) |
| Home port | Hamburg, Mariehamn, Hamburg |