Communist Chinese cruiser C Hungking s renamed Pei Ching according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 June 1955

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An item referred to an unconfirmed report stating that the Communist Chinese cruiser Chungking was renamed Pei Ching. This new name was more likely correct that the earlier reported name Huang Ho.(1)

Note

1. Part of Arethusa-class light cruisers preceded by Leander-class succeeded by Town and Dido-classes. Laid down by Portsmouth Dockyard on 27 July 1935, launched on 20 August 1936, commissioned on 12 November 1937, decommissioned in April 1948, sold to the Nationalist Chinese Nay on 19 May 1948, in hands due to mutiny of Communist China on 25 February 1949, sunk on 21 March 1949, refloated with Russian support and stripped, to be refitted along the lines of the Chinese Anshan-class destroyers (former Russian Gnevny-class) but not executed being too expensive, hulk used for accomodation purposes and as warehouse, transferred to Shanghai for conversion into a salvage ship on 27 October 1959, conversion stopped and transferred to Tianjin in June 1965, became a barracks ship and finally broken up. Ex-Aurora 1935-1949, Chung King 1948-1949) Chungking or Tchoung King 1949-1959 (Huang He 1959-1965, Pei Ching 1965-, Kuang Chou.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.