Bluenose II Ship Models

Bluenose II Ship Models and Home decor Collectibles. The schooner Bluenose has a very special place in the history of navigation and yachting. Built to fish off the Newfoundland coast, the ship soon turned out to be such a fast sailer that she won all the great classical regattas along the Eastern coast of the United States. She was built in Nova Scotia in 1921, and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946. In 1960, Lunenburg's Smith & Rhuland Shipyard built a replica of the H.M.S. Bounty, for use in the M.G.M. movie Mutiny on the Bounty. As Nova Scotians watched this ship take shape, they dreamed once again of Bluenose. Around the same time, the brewing firm of Oland and Sons was planning to build a replica of a Nova Scotia fishing schooner to help promote their new product, Schooner Beer. So it was that Bluenose II was born. She was built from the original plans in the original shipyard by some of the same craftsmen who had given Bluenose her magic. The keel was laid on February 27, 1963, and she was launched in Lunenburg on July 24 of the same year. Bluenose II would not be allowed to race. It was decided at the outset that she would never jeopardize the reputation of the original Bluenose. However, ships will occasionally test her speed by assuming the same course when she is seen passing; like her namesake, she moves like the wind. In 1971, the Oland family sold Bluenose II to the province of Nova Scotia for the amount of one dollar. She has become the province's most recognized symbol and one of her greatest treasures, and has served as an ambassador for both the province and country at many international events and ports - a role in which she continues today. This model was built according to scale of the original ship. This item requires some semi-assembly. This ship model is 47"(long) x 41"(tall) x 9"(wide).