The Papeete was a schooner built in 1891 by Matthew Turner, a San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilder who had extensive business interests in Tahiti.

The ship was known for a fast passage from San Francisco to Tahiti of 17 days.

[2] She was built to serve in the packet trade, as was the similarly named barquentine City of Papeete.

[3] Schooner Papeete was still afloat in 1929.

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