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dates not researched · Halifax, Nova Scotia

William J. Roué

Naval architect — Halifax, Nova Scotia

Designer of Bluenose, the Lunenburg schooner built expressly to beat the Gloucester fleet — and which did, for most of two decades.

Bluenose
Launched 26 March 1921, built by Smith and Rhuland, Lunenburg
Record
Beat Elsie (1921) and Henry Ford (1922); controversial tie with Columbia (1923); lost to Gertrude L. Thebaud in 1930 but won 1931 and 1937–38
  • 1921Bluenose — International Fishermen's Trophy
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • Roué's birth and death years were not researched in this pass.

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