Carthaginian II
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The Carthaginian II was a sailing ship that had been a landmark of the former whaling town of Lāhainā on the Hawaiian island of Maui since 1973 . After the ship, built in 1920, was used as a museum in the meantime, it is now a diving destination as an underwater wreck.
history
The ship was in 1920 as a comet on to Krupp belonging Germaniawerft built in Kiel in steel and rigged as a schooner. It was about 28 m long. It was later converted to diesel propulsion and used as a cargo ship for cement in the Baltic Sea until it was decommissioned in 1970.
The ship was bought in 1972 by the non-profit "Lahaina Restoration Foundation" in Denmark, brought to Hawaii, renamed Carthaginian II (after the ship of the same name in the novel "Hawai" (1959) by James A. Michener ) and restored over several years . A brig rig with spruce masts, a deck made of eucalyptus and other details typical of a whaling ship of the 19th century were installed. In 1980 the ship was opened as a floating whaling museum.
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In 2005, the ship was half a mile from the coast at position 20 ° 51 ′ 45.8 ″ N , 156 ° 40 ′ 30.7 ″ W submerged as an artificial coral reef . It lies in a water depth of about 30 m. Since then, the wreck has served as a destination for diving expeditions.
Web links
- Dives to the Carthaginian II with a history of the boat
Footnotes
- ↑ [1] Scubadiving.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Monument designation, data on the history of the port of Lāhainā and data on the ship (English; PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ^ RV Denenberg: Around Maui, Sunrise to Sunset . In: New York Times, September 19, 1982. (Retrieved November 21, 2008.)
- ↑ [2] Scubadiving.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Josh Sens: Kids? Maui Makes it Easy . In: "New York Times" July 28, 2006. (Accessed November 21, 2008.)