Canadian History

March 26,1921  

Bluenose Launched

Bluenose Launched

The schooner Bluenose was launched, March 26,1921 at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

The bluenose under full sail 1921.*

Naval Architect of BlueNose

William James Roue

(April 27, 1879 – January 14, 1970) was a naval architect famous for his design of the Bluenose fishing schooner, which sailed to victory in the Halifax Herald International Fisherman's competition in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1931 and 1938, and held the record for the largest catch of fish ever brought into Lunenburg.

Wiliam James Roue Naval Architect.