Bluenose

Bluenose was built to be a Canadian Grand Banks fishing schooner and to compete in the International Fishermen’s Race. In 1921, it won the trophy and continued to be a celebrated fishing vessel and racer thru 1938. Bluenose became a provicial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930, until it was wrecked in 1946.

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Model of a xebec - port side

Xebec

A xebec was a Mediterranean sailing ship used mostly for trading. Xebecs were similar to galleys used by Algerian corsairs and Barbary pirates having both lateen sails and oars for propulsion.

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Bluenose

Bluenose was built to be a Canadian Grand Banks fishing schooner and to compete in the International Fishermen’s Race. In 1921, it won the trophy and continued to be a celebrated fishing vessel and racer thru 1938. Bluenose became a provicial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930, until it was wrecked in 1946.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Zu Pferde

Friedrich Wilhelm Zu Pferde belonged to the Brandenburg fleet of the “der Große Kurfürst” (the Great Elector), Frederick William. She was completed in 1864. Of typical Dutch construction, she had two decks with 54 cannons and a crew of 200-250 men.

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Emma C. Berry

One of the oldest surviving commercial vessels in America, the Emma C. Berry is a fishing smack of 1866

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Confederacy, USS

The first frigate built for the Continental navy. In 1781, USS Confederacy was captured by the British and subsequently served the British as HMS Confederate.

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Endeavour

Endeavour is a J-class yacht that challenged in the 1934 America’s Cup. She lost to the American defender Rainbow, but came closer to lifting the cup than any other until Australia II succeeded in 1983.

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Atlantic

Atlantic set the record for the fastest transatlantic passage in the 1905 Kaiser’s Cup race, one that stood for nearly 100 years.

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Halve Maen

Halve Maen (Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company ship that sailed into what is now New York in 1609. She was attempting to find a western passage to China.

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Half Moon

Halve Maen (Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company ship that sailed into what is now New York in 1609. She was attempting to find a western passage to China.

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