In May 1944 the unit received Halifax Mk IIIs to replace its Mk Vs. The squadron was adopted by the Rotary Club of Halifax, Nova Scotia and to show its connection to the city adopted the nickname "Bluenose Squadron", the common nickname for people from Nova Scotia and a tribute to the schooner Bluenose.
In 1933 Bluenose was invited to represent Canada at the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, after which he took Bluenose to Toronto where it was a popular display for two seasons.
In a controversial move the head of the Trust, Senator Wilfred Moore refused to release over $600,000 raised by the trust in the schooner's name to the current operators of Bluenose II.
The MV Marine Bluenose was towed from Tampa Bay to Tuxpan, Mexico for scrapping in 2000.
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In 1982, MV Bluenose was replaced by a newer vessel, the 1973-built MS Stena Jutlandica, which was renamed MV Bluenose before entering service.
2008 - Marq de Villiers, The Witch in the Wind: The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose
William James Roué (1879–1970), naval architect famous for his design of the Bluenose fishing schooner
Yellowtail kingfish abound all year round, and there is deep water fishing for hapuka and bluenose (type of warehou) in the winter and blue, black and striped marlin and yellowfin tuna in the summer.