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
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	377 ft 6 in (115.06 m) sparred length 320 ft (98 m) length on deck
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.