Peking (ship)

53°50′24″N 9°24′5″E / 53.84000°N 9.40139°E / 53.84000; 9.40139

Peking
Peking
History
German Empire
NamePeking
NamesakeCity of Beijing
OwnerF. Laeisz
RouteEurope–Chile
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Steinwerder, Hamburg
Yard number205[1]
Launched25 February 1911[1]
CompletedMay 1911[1]
Out of service1920
NotesInterned at Valparaiso 1914–1920,[1] then to Italy as war reparations
Kingdom of Italy
In service1920
Out of service1923
Weimar Republic
NamePeking
OperatorF. Laeisz
RouteEurope–Chile
Acquired1923
Out of service1932
United Kingdom
NameArethusa
OwnerShaftesbury Homes
In service1932–1940, 1945–1975
Out of service1975
HomeportUpnor, Medway
United Kingdom
NameHMS Pekin
OperatorRoyal Navy
Commissioned1940
Decommissioned1945
United States
NamePeking
OwnerSouth Street Seaport Museum
Acquired1975
Out of service2017
HomeportNew York City
StatusMuseum ship
Germany
NamePeking
OwnerGerman Port Museum
Acquired2017
In service2020
HomeportHamburg
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
Class and typeFlying P-Liner
Displacement3,100 long tons (3,150 t)
Length
  • 377 ft 6 in (115.06 m) sparred length
  • 320 ft (98 m) length on deck
Beam45 ft 7 in (13.89 m)
Height170 ft 6 in (51.97 m)
Draft16 ft (4.9 m)
Sail plan44,132 sq ft (4,100.0 m2) sail area

Peking is a steel-hulled four-masted barque. A so-called Flying P-Liner of the German company F. Laeisz, it was one of the last generation of cargo-carrying iron-hulled sailing ships used in the nitrate trade and wheat trade around Cape Horn.

  1. ^ a b c d Haworth, R B. "Peking". Wellington NZ: Miramar. Retrieved 1 August 2017.