The steel-hulled four-masted barque Beijing

18 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Hamburg, Museums, Exhibitions, New York City Reading Time:  9 minutes

Southern Manhattan with Peking in front and Wavertree in the background, seen from Staten Island ferry © Someone35

Southern Manhattan with Peking in front and Wavertree in the background, seen from Staten Island ferry © Someone35

The Peking is a steel-hulled four-masted barque – the sister ship to the Passat and Padua (today Kruzenshtern). A so-called Flying P-Liner of the German company F. Laeisz, it was one of the last generation of windjammers used in the nitrate trade and wheat trade around the often treacherous Cape Horn.   read more…

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