Surprise, Historic schooner in Camden, United States.

Surprise is a two-masted wooden schooner with a total length of 44 feet 6 inches, a waterline length of 34 feet 6 inches, a beam of 12 feet and a draft of 6 feet 6 inches. Her frames are oak and locust, her planking yellow pine partly replaced with mahogany, and her deck fir. Below decks are fitted for day passengers, with a motor chamber aft.

Naval architect Thomas F McManus designed this racing schooner in 1917 for M.S. Kattenhorn, a merchandise broker from New Rochelle, New York. The vessel underwent major changes throughout the 20th century before being converted for public sailing excursions.

The vessel maintains four traditional sails that represent the classic design of early 20th-century American sailing craft. This construction reflects a maritime heritage that locals still connect with today.

Surprise sails from her berth in Camden harbour for day trips on Penobscot Bay. Passengers board from the dock and go below, where the space has been fitted out for day passengers; the engine sits in a chamber aft. The deck is fir and the boat moves under sail, so wear soft-soled shoes and hold the rails.

Of the seven schooner yachts Thomas F. McManus designed, Surprise is the only one still afloat. Her original plans called for a motor, but none was installed until after the Kattenhorn family sold her, decades after her 1917–18 launch at the Worrell Shipyard.