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Peking, previously TS Arethusa.
October 2006 Linda Ruth Pullan

Peking, previously TS Arethusa.

Sea port, New York.

The training ship Arethusa was towed to New York in 1975, refurbished, and given its original name, Peking.


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Leslie 09-Jun-2008 16:31
I was a boy under training on Arethusa in the 1940's and the figure head ( the lady)was on shore side, where it is today, at Upnor. The current Old Boys association are raising funds to have the old lady restired to her former glory. hope this helps.
Guest 26-Mar-2008 11:34
the training ship ARETHUSA did not have a "lady" under her bow sprit but on the foreshore at Lower Upnor is the "lady" from HMS ARETHUSA which was the last navy ship to go into battle under sail.
Alan 10-Feb-2008 10:13
Hi there,
This is definitely the "Arethusa".
I was involved in her saving, in the early 70's, after her owners, the Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa charity decided they could no longer afford to keep her.
In order that a potential "saviour" could be found, the charity agreed to allow a period of 12 months' grace after which, she would be sent for scrapping.
So that the charity would not suffer financially, as a Lloyd's insurance broker, I arranged a "gentleman's agreement" with Lloyd's Underwriters to guarantee any shortfall in the scrap value during this 12 month period.
As events turned out, the South Street Seaport Museum of Manhattan, New York came to her rescue.
She was towed away from her mooring off Upnor on the River Medway to be drydocked at the yard of Messrs. Green and Silley Weir, opposite Blackwall Point on the River Thames. There, she was made ready for her transatlantic voyage under tow to New York.
Under her new ownership, she reverted to her original name of "Peking" as, along with the "Padua","Passat", Preussen, (and the ill-fated "Pamir") etc., she was part of the Flying P line of nitrate clippers trading round the Horn to Chile.
Hope this helps,
Alan
David 25-Jan-2008 15:29
I was on the Ts ARETHUSA in the seventies as a petty officer,and yes there was a lady on the front of the bow till the americangooglemail.coms bought her.I was still a member till the ship finally closed to which I drafted into the Royal marine Commandoes
Des Hoskin (105) 10-Nov-2007 18:38
You may well be right about this being the Arethusa but, if my memory serves me correctly, I am SURE she had a female spithead! This sure doesnt look the same!
105 Des Hoskin. 1959/1963
chempilot 10-Jul-2007 17:55
i'm not all that knowledgeable about nautical things, but isn't it bad luck to change the name of a ship? i like this series so far, never heard of this program before....