AH-WR-0465

Steamer Kauai

Steam Schooner · United States · Lost 1913 · The Hawaiian Islands

A West Coast-built steam schooner that became the Hawaiian inter-island steamer Kauai and sank at Mahukona Harbor in 1913, later the subject of detailed academic archaeology.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built on the West Coast of the United States as the steam schooner Cosmopolis, the vessel was brought into Hawaiian inter-island service as the steamer Kauai, carrying sugar and cargo for the Kohala Coast plantations. She sank at Mahukona Harbor on the Island of Hawaii in 1913. The wreck was later the subject of a detailed East Carolina University maritime archaeology thesis confirming her identity through historical and archaeological evidence.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: West Coast United States
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 339.74
Propulsion: Steam, two-cylinder compound engine
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 1, 1913
Cause: Not established
Location: Mahukona Harbor, Kohala Coast, Island of Hawaii
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: Archaeologically documented wreck site with recognizable machinery
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established