| Date of launch | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Hamburg |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 3100 |
| NRT | 2882 |
| DWT | 4700 |
| Length | 92.2 m (302.6 ft) |
| Beam | 14.4 m (47.2 ft) |
| Draft | 8.1 m (26.5 ft) |
Later names: Arethusa (1932), Peking (1974)
- 1911
Built of steel by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, for Reederei F. Laeisz, Hamburg. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails. Laeisz put her on the South American nitrate trade. - 1926
Rebuilt as a cargo-carrying schoolship, still sailing for Laeisz on the nitrate trade. - 1932
Sold to Shaftesbury Homes and Arethuse Training Ship in London to be used as a stationary schoolship under the name Arethusa. - 1974
Sold to the South Street Seaport Museum in New York, where she now can be seen as a museum ship under her original name.
Pictures:
 | The Peking |  | The Peking |
References:
- Alex A. Hurst: Hur all världens råtacklade fyr- och femmastade skepp slutade sin levnad, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 23 pp. 76 - 93, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1987
- Alex A. Hurst: En lista på all världens 4- och 5-mastade råtacklade skepp, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 22 pp. 7 - 31, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1986
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