HMCS Bras d'Or exceeding 60 knots during high speed trials


This photo came from http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/postwar/brasdor/ where it is has better colours but much larger file size.(96kb).
Characteristics:
Displacement: 180 tons full load
Dimensions: 46.0 x 6.4 x 7.0 meters (151 x 21 x 23 feet)
Propulsion: 2 P&W FT4A turbines, 22,000 shp, 63 knots
2000 hp diesel, 2 shafts, 15 knots
Crew:29

There was a book published, "The Flying 400, Canada's Hydrofoil Project" by Thomas G. Lynch. The contents of this very detailed and comprehensive 128 page volume include: From Bell to Bras d'Or, A Possible Solution for ASW, Building Bras d'Or, A Jet Age Puzzle, The Great Fire, Gremlins, Headaches, Frustrations...but Boy it Flies, A Zoomie in Command, They Clipped Her Wings, Hydrofoils of the World - An Overview, finally, and three appendices. This may still be available in a library somewhere.


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