Bluenose

	Bluenose sailing in 1921
History
Name	Bluenose
Port of registry	Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Builder	Smith and Rhuland
Launched	26 March 1921
In service	April 1921
Out of service	1946
Fate	Foundered on reef 28 January 1946 off Île-à-Vache, Haiti
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Displacement	258 t (254 long tons)
Length	43.6 m (143 ft 1 in) o/a; 34.1 m (111 ft 11 in) lwl;
Beam	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Height	38.4 m (126 ft 0 in)
Draught	4.85 m (15 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	Sails
Mainmast, height from deck	38.4 m (126 ft 0 in)
Foremast, height from deck	31.3 m (102 ft 8 in)
Sail area	930 m2 (10,000 sq ft)
Mainsail area	386 m2 (4,150 sq ft)
Crew	20

Bluenose was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946. Nicknamed the "Queen of the North Atlantic", she was later commemorated by the Bluenose one-design sloop (1946) and a replica, Bluenose II (1963). The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century.

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