Peking

With Peking set to return to Hamburg later this year, I thought it would be a good time to see her while she was still in New York and open to the public.

I went on the South Street Seaport Museum’s guided tour of the ship.

While Peking is a much larger ship than Falls of Clyde and there are some obvious differences, I still felt quite at home.

I was interested to see a side port open and in use:

Spars (from one of the museum’s schooners), that were stored on board, were being removed through the side port:

Hatch aft of midships deck:

Part of the crew accommodations:

Main mast:

Beams and deckhead:

Some details were all too familiar:

View forward looking at fo’c’sle area:

Foremast and buildings beyond:

Plywood covering deck:

View forward from the poop deck:

Double wheel and “coffin” covering the steering gear:

Interesting to see this Port Glasgow manufacturer’s plate on a winch:

Seems out of place on a German-built ship, but dates from her days as the British training ship Arethusa.

At the bow:

Billethead: