Not to be confused with the iron steamship SS City of Peking built in 1874.

Sailing vessel peking. The Flying P-Liner belonged to the shipping company F. Rounded Cape Horn in 100kt winds in 1929. Though a product of the 20th century she still sailed in the traditional way with few labor saving devices or safety features.

The four-masted sailing vessel Peking formerly the Shaftesbury Homes training ship Arethusa being towed from the Blackwall Yard of R H Green and Silley Weir yesterday after a refit in preparation for her new across the Atlantic. After the Sedov another former German ship she is the largest traditional sailing vessel still in operation. PEKING is a cargo sailing vessel without engine built in 1911 by the shipyard Blohm Voss in Hamburg for the ship owner F.

The PEKING is one of the last large cargo sailing ships that at the beginning of the 20th century was able to compete against steam and machine ships due to her speed safety and precision. The steel sailing cargo ships from the F. Named for the Chinese capital of Beijing the Peking was constructed in Hamburg-based shipyard BlohmVoss in 1911.

Sailors cling to wildly. Laeisz shipping company which at the beginning of the 20th century became known as the Flying P-Liner were reliable and fast under full sail on the worlds oceans. This video has now been removed by.

Launched at Hamburgs Blohm Voss shipyard Peking was one of the famed Flying P line sailing for the Reederei F. The Peking - a witness to the past. At the time the so-called windjammers were the most modern sailing vessels in a world quickly transitioning to steam and coal.

The South Street Seaport Museum has announced that the 1911 barque Peking will return to Hamburg Germany to serve as the centerpiece of that citys new waterfront museum. The identical sister ship Passat has found a berth in Travemünde only a few kilometres away. Laeisz one of the famous Flying P Liners which were among the last of the great sailing ships to round Cape Horn carrying cargo.