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Schooner 'Bluenose'
1925
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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The Schooner "Bluenose"

This photograph of the famous fishing schooner "Bluenose" shows her under full sail. This vessel won all series of the International Fishermen's Races which she entered in the 1920's and 1930's. Built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1921, the "Bluenose" is represented on the Canadian ten cent piece.

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3 Masted Schooner 'City of New York'
1950
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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3-masted Schooner: a three masted vessel, fore and aft rigged on all masts

The "City of New York" is shown here leaving Lunenburg Harbour, Nova Scotia, in a very light breeze. Built as the "Samson" in Arendal, Norway in 1885, she was the 'mystery vessel' at the sinking of the "Titanic". Later owned by Admiral Byrd and used in his Antarctic explorations, eventually owned in Nova Scotia, she sank off Yarmouth in 1952.

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4 Masted Schooner 'Herbert L. Rawding'
1941
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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4-masted Schooner: a four masted vessel, fore and aft rigged on all masts

The photograph of the four-masted schooner "Herbert L. Rawding" shows her leaving Yarmouth, NS in 1941 after unloading a cargo of salt. The vessel is shown under all lower sails and its immense size can be ascertained from the size of the forward deckhouse. Built in Maine in 1919 the "Herbert L. Rawding" was 201.7 feet (61.5 metres) in length and 1219 gross tons. The flag of the United States which is painted on her side indicates that she was a 'neutral' vessel at that time of the Second World War.

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Brig 'Cascade' entering Naples, Italy.
1855
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Square rig

Brig: a two masted vessel, square rigged on both masts.

The Brig "Cascade" is shown here entering harbour at Naples. Built in Beaver River, NS in 1854 the "Cascade" was 90.1 feet in length and 189 tons. She was wrecked at Laguna, Gulf of Mexico in 1860, crew and materials were saved.

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Brigantine 'Bertha Gray'
1890
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Brigantine: a two masted vessel, square rigged on the first mast and fore and aft rigged on the second mast.

The brig "Bertha Gray" is shown here picking up her pilot off Antwerp Belgium in 1890. Built in Salmon River, Digby County, NS in 1889. Owned and commanded by Capt. S.E. Messenger. Lost in 1903, crew saved. Painting: oil on canvas, signed: "Henry Loos, Antwerp, 1890

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Brigantine 'Aeronaut'
1890
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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The brigantine "Aeronaut"

The brigantine "Aeronaut" is shown here at a wharf in some busy port. The "Aeronaut", at 446 tons, was fairly large for this rig. Built in 1886, she was owned by William D. Lovitt, one of Yarmouth's most important ship owners. She was abandoned in the South Atlantic in 1897 after being totally dismasted in a gale. Her crew was taken off by the Yarmouth ship "Lennie Burrill" which happened to be in the area. At the time the "Aeronaut" was carrying a cargo of quebracho wood from Santa Fe, Brazil to Hamburg, Germany. This gives a good indication of the capability of vessels of this size and rig.

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Barque 'Neophyte' off Cork, Ireland.
1896

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Barque: a three masted vessel, square rigged on the fore and mainmasts, fore and aft rigged on the mizzen mast.

The caption to this painting of a barque reads: '"Neophyte". Yarmouth, N.S. A.S. Hatfield Master, Entering Cork Harbour 1896'. The paddlewheel steamship to the left is probably headed towards Wales. The lighthouse on the right is repeating the"Neophyte's" signal flags. Oil on canvas, unsigned.
Research on this vessel has indicated that during this vessel's working life under Yarmouth owners the "Neophyte" crossed the Atlantic Ocean some 65 times and visited a total of 30 ports: Liverpool, England (11times), Quebec (8 times), Saint John, NB, Mobile (both 5 times), Cardiff (4 times), Greenock (3 times), Pensacola , Port of Spain, Montevideo, Rio Janeiro, Darien, Chatham, NB, Philadelphia, Cape Town, Cork, Bangor, Sharpness, Dublin (each 2 times), and Queensborough, Londonderry, Barbados, Newport News, Tadoussac, Yarmouth, Rosario, Hull, Middlesborough, Barrow, Bremen, and Troon (once each). Yarmouth sailing vessels travelled extensively!