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| Industry | Shipbuilding |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1900 |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Successor | Scotia Trawler Equipment Limited |
| Headquarters | 280 Montague Street, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Key people | George. A Rhuland, Richard W. Smith, Fred Rhuland, John Rhuland |
Smith & Rhuland was a shipyard located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The yard was originally opened in 1900 and was the builder of the esteemed Bluenose . [1] The shipyard prided itself in creating quality vessels of all shapes and sizes.
Smith & Rhuland was founded in 1900 by George A. Rhuland (1867–1950) and Richard W. Smith (1871–1954) in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. [2] Smith and Rhuland, over its 105 years in operation completed many famous vessels including Bluenose (1921), Flora Alberta (1941), Sherman Zwicker (1942), Bluenose II (1963), Bounty (1961), and HMS Surprise (1970). [3] [4] The current shipyard was home to the company from 1905. [5] The Smith & Rhuland Yard is located on Lunenburg's historic waterfront adjacent to the Lunenburg Marine Railway.
Fred and John Rhuland took over Smith & Rhuland after their father, George Rhuland died in 1950. [6] In September 1955 Smith & Rhuland started to manufacture pleasure craft. Some of the first pleasure craft built by Smith & Rhuland were named "Bluenose 26", a play on their most famous vessel Bluenose. [7]
In 1963 the shipyard launched the Bluenose II, a replica of the original using some of the same workers.
After many years of fine shipbuilding Smith & Rhuland closed its doors in 1967. [8] During the shipyard's history it constructed over 270 vessels. [9] The yard today is operated by Scotia Trawler Limited. Scotia Trawler, established 1962, has performed many refits and repairs of original Smith & Rhuland vessels including Theresa E. Connor and Bluenose II. [10]
In March 2005 March Clearwater Seafoods, the then owner of the yard, announced its closure. [11]
In 2012 the shipyard site was chosen for the rebuild of Bluenose II. [12]
Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia.
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 a replica, Bluenose II, built in 1963. The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century.
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Theodore Tugboat is a Canadian children's television series about a tugboat named Theodore who lives in the Big Harbour with all of his friends. The show originated in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as a co-production between the CBC, and the now defunct Cochran Entertainment, and was filmed on a model set using radio controlled tugboats, ships, and machinery. Production of the show ended in 2001, and its distribution rights were later sold to Classic Media. The show premiered in Canada on CBC Television, then went to PBS, was on Qubo in the United States, and has appeared in eighty different countries.
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James Havelock Harding, was a master shipwright and shipbuilder who worked at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. He was born in Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1883.
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