AH-WR-0735

Carthaginian II

Museum Ship (Former Cargo Schooner) · United States · Lost 2005 · The Hawaiian Islands

A steel brig built in Germany in 1920 that later masqueraded as a Lahaina whaling museum before becoming a Maui dive wreck.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Built as the motor schooner Mary in Kiel in 1920, the ship passed through several names and owners in the Baltic before being acquired by the Lahaina Restoration Foundation in 1972 and refitted as Carthaginian II, a whaling-era museum ship in Lahaina Harbor. She served as Maui's whaling museum for over three decades. In 2005, after being retired, she was towed off Puamana and deliberately sunk to form an artificial reef.

Vessel

Built: 1920
Registry: IMO 5192080
Builder: Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
Yard: Kiel, Germany
Material: Steel
Length: 98 ft
Beam: 22 ft
Tonnage: 140
Propulsion: Auxiliary motor with sail
Owners: Lahaina Restoration Foundation

Loss

Date: December 13, 2005
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Off Puamana Beach Park, West Maui
Water: Pacific Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 95 ft
Condition: Upright on a sandy bottom, superstructure and rigging largely intact
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established