Papeete (schooner)
| History | |
|---|---|
 French Polynesia
| |
| Name: | Papeete |
| Owner: | Built for Tahitian owners |
| Builder: | Matthew Turner, Benicia, California |
| Launched: | 1891 |
| Status: | Still afloat in 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 2-masted schooner |
| Tons burthen: | 127 tons [1] |
The Papeete was a schooner built in 1891 by Matthew Turner, a San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilder who had extensive business interests in Tahiti. The ship was known for a fast passage from San Francisco to Tahiti of 17 days.[2]
She was built to serve in the packet trade, as was the similarly named barquentine City of Papeete.[3]
Schooner Papeete was still afloat in 1929.[1]
References
- 1 2 Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
- ↑ Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
- ↑ Lyman, John (1941). The sailing vessels of the Pacific coast and their builders, 1850-1905. San Diego: Maritime Research Society of San Diego. p. 5. OCLC 16000833.
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