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. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. p. 154. ISBN   978-0-517-17060-1.
2. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. p. 42. ISBN   978-0-517-17060-1.
3. 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.