Cleopatra's Barge
American oceangoing yacht in 1800s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cleopatra's Barge was the first oceangoing yacht built in the United States. It was built in 1816 at Salem, MA by shipbuilder Retire Becket for owner George Crowninshield Jr. Crowninshield died in 1817 after a single pleasure voyage to the Mediterranean; his brother Richard bought it, used it for two coastal trading voyages, and then sold it to Boston China traders Bryant & Sturgis and Capt. John Suter in early 1820. Suter sailed it to Hawai'i and sold it to Hawaiian monarch Kamehameha II (aka Liloliho) for slightly more than a million pounds of sandalwood. Liholiho used it as his private yacht, renaming it Haʻaheo o Hawaiʻi ("Pride of Hawaii") in 1822 after a rebuild. Under an all-Hawaiian crew, Ha'aheo wrecked in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawai'i in April 1824.
1818 painting by George Ropes in Peabody Essex Museum | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Cleopatra's Barge |
Owner | George Crowninshield Jr. |
Builder |
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Cost | $100,000 (including furnishings) |
Launched | October 21, 1816 |
Completed | December 1816 |
Out of service | November 1817 |
Hawaii | |
Acquired | November 16, 1820 |
Renamed |
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Fate | Wrecked 1824 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 192 tons bm |
Length |
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Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Hermaphrodite brig |