HMCS Bras D'Or; The World's Fastest Warship And The Pinnacle Of Hydrofoil Development In Canada

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The HMCS Bras D'Or was the pinnacle of over 100 years of hydrofoil development in Canada. Starting with Alexander Bell and ending with the Proteus, hydrofoils held the promise of faster travel over the waves. Unfortunately the technology never found a comfortable fit in either military or civil fleets. It was designed to be an ASW hunter but by the time she was ready, the Navy was settled on using the now familiar Destroyer/Helicopter combos.

0:00 Introduction
0:29 Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin
2:28 The R-100 Massawippi
5:46 The R-103 Baddeck
7:15 The Rx
8:48 Anti-submarine warfare hydrofoil concept
12:24 FHE-400 Bras D’Or
17:23 Testing and refinement
19:25 Cancellation
20:18 Proteus
20:45 Conclusion

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Research Sources:
Fastest In The World: The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils by John Boileau (Formac Publishing Company Ltd. Halifax)
https://www.foils.org/wp-content/uplo...
https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.or...
Ingenium: And now for something completely different by Rénald Fortier - https://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/ar...
HMCS BRAS D’OR - The Ship That Flew by Tom Bennett - https://www.cntha.ca/articles/hmcs-br...
SARO Hydrofoil Bras D'Or - http://dave-mills.yolasite.com/saro-h...

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