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Prosper

Motor Launch · United States · Lost 1924 · Southern California & Catalina

A small motor vessel lost near Santa Catalina Island in 1924, remembered mainly by name in regional wreck records.

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Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

The Prosper was a small wood-hulled motor vessel associated with the waters around Santa Catalina Island in the early twentieth century. Documentation of her owners, dimensions, and trade is limited. She was lost near the island in 1924, in an era when the Catalina Channel saw heavy small-craft traffic supporting the island's growing tourist economy. Details of the loss itself are thin in the sources reviewed.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Gasoline engine
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: 1924
Cause: Not established
Location: Off Santa Catalina Island, California
Water: Pacific Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 33.38° N 118.42° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Santa Catalina Island, California
Region: Southern California & Catalina

General area only: coordinate of Santa Catalina Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel (off Santa Catalina Island), not a surveyed wreck position.