53°50′24″N 9°24′5″E / 53.84000°N 9.40139°E
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Schleswig-Holstein,_Wewelsfleth,_Peters_Werft_und_Peking_NIK_0987.jpg) Peking
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| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name | Peking |
| Namesake | City of Beijing |
| Owner | F. Laeisz |
| Route | Europe–Chile |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Steinwerder, Hamburg |
| Yard number | 205[1] |
| Launched | 25 February 1911[1] |
| Completed | May 1911[1] |
| Out of service | 1920 |
| Notes | Interned at Valparaiso 1914–1920,[1] then to Italy as war reparations |
 Kingdom of Italy | |
| In service | 1920 |
| Out of service | 1923 |
 Weimar Republic | |
| Name | Peking |
| Operator | F. Laeisz |
| Route | Europe–Chile |
| Acquired | 1923 |
| Out of service | 1932 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Arethusa |
| Owner | Shaftesbury Homes |
| In service | 1932–1940, 1945–1975 |
| Out of service | 1975 |
| Homeport | Upnor, Medway |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pekin |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Commissioned | 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
 United States | |
| Name | Peking |
| Owner | South Street Seaport Museum |
| Acquired | 1975 |
| Out of service | 2017 |
| Homeport | New York City |
| Status | Museum ship |
 Germany | |
| Name | Peking |
| Owner | German Port Museum |
| Acquired | 2017 |
| In service | 2020 |
| Homeport | Hamburg |
| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Flying P-Liner |
| Displacement | 3,100 long tons (3,150 t) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 45 ft 7 in (13.89 m) |
| Height | 170 ft 6 in (51.97 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Sail plan | 44,132 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.