LAST SHIP STILL SAILING WHICH ONCE FLEW THE KINGDOM OF HAWAI`I FLAG
Considered the world’s oldest active sailing ship, the 160 year old Star of India has been a fixture of the waterfront at the Maritime Museum in San Diego, CA for decades, drawing out hundreds every year to visit the historic vessel.
Built in the Isle of Man’s Ramsey Shipyard in 1863, the Star of India was originally named Euterpe.
After eight years, it was sold to the London shipping company Shaw, Savill & Albion Line to transport emigrants to Aotearoa (New Zealand.) It racked up 21 circumnavigations before it was sold to the Kingdom of Hawai`i.
In 1898, the ship was reregistered to the US and renamed Star of India.
Today, the Star of India is the last ship still sailing which once flew the flag of the Kingdom of Hawai`i.
To honor the Hōkūle`a’s current visit to San Diego, the Star of India raised her sails once again for the first time in five years and sailed off of San Diego joining the Hōkūle`a as it arrived, flying the very same Kingdom of Hawai`i flag.
