Carthaginian II
Carthaginian II was a steel-hulled brig outfitted as a whaler, which served as a symbol of that industry in the harbor of the former whaling town Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. She replaced the original Carthaginian, a schooner converted into a barque to resemble a period whaler, which had initiated the role of museum ship there in 1967.
Carthaginian II in 1997, while a museum in Lahaina Harbor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mary, Familiens Haab, Komet |
| Builder | Fr. Krupp Germania Shipyard, Kiel |
| Yard number | 388 |
| Completed | 1920 |
| Out of service | 1970 |
| Fate | Sold to Lahaina Restoration Foundation, 1972 |
| History | |
| Name | Carthaginian II |
| Owner | Lahaina Restoration Foundation |
| Acquired | 1972 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5192080 |
| Fate | Sunk, December 13, 2005 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | two-mast square-rigged whaler, auxiliary motor power |
| Tonnage | 140 short tons (130 t) (gross) |
| Length | 30 metres (98 ft) |
| Beam | 6.7 metres (22 ft) |
| Draft | 2.1 metres (6 ft 11 in) |
Carthaginian II was built in Germany as a schooner in 1920 and christened as Mary. She was brought to Maui in 1973, re-rigged, and served as a whaling museum until 2005, and after being sunk to create an artificial reef, now serves as a diving destination.
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