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

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  • @RhumRunner41
    @RhumRunner41 2 роки тому +39

    Canadian government once more meddled with procurement and cancelled another amazing program. Their excuse that Canada was moving away from ASW was nothing more than a smokescreen. 50 years later and we are still using frigates designed for ASW and are currently designing their replacement around, you guessed it, ASW. This ship would have been the perfect littoral patrol boat: fast, minimal crew requirement, lightly armed, and best of all, seaworthy. As a very green young sailor, I saw her being towed out of Halifax harbour. One of the old hands was a boatswain during her high speed trials. He told us that at high speed, she screamed like a banshee but the ride was as smooth as his sweetheart “bum cheeks”. Thank you for this documentary. Bravo Zulu!

    • @임석근-t5j
      @임석근-t5j 2 роки тому

      날개

    • @SnowTiger45
      @SnowTiger45 2 місяці тому +6

      Sounds very much like the story of the Avro Arrow !

    • @CanadaJarod
      @CanadaJarod 2 місяці тому

      ​@SnowTiger45 the arrow would have been obsolete within a decade as high speed interceptors were made largely redundant in the face of ICBMs.
      Was it a good interceptor? Yeah. Was that worth anything? Not really.

    • @calvinnickel9995
      @calvinnickel9995 2 місяці тому

      Like the Avro Arrow… it had impressive speed and technology but very limited range and capabilities and no real role.
      If you compared the Avro Arrow to its replacement the CF-101.. the Arrow would have to turn around at James Bay to go back to CFB North Bay while the CF-101 could continue on to Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit) to be forward based. The CF-101 could be automatically guided by NORAD SAGE computers to target where its nuclear genie rockets would destroy a squadron of Soviet bombers while the Arrow would have to be guided by voice GCI like a Spitfire in the Battle of Britain to maybe shoot down one or two bombers with Sparrows before it ran out of gas.
      The Bras Dor had 1/10 the range of an Iroquois class destroyer when foil borne and less than 1/3 when hull borne. It was a tiny vessel with very limited space for armament. Probably a 76mm gun in front and two triple Mk 32 Torpedo tubes with no reloads. No SAMs. No helicopter. No ASROC. No towed sonar array.
      Remember. The longest battle of WWII was the Battle of the ATLANTIC. Littoral ships were and always have been a mistake (just look at the US Navy). We needed ships that would make it to the GIUK gap and be effective there.. not just go fast.

    • @lohikarhu734
      @lohikarhu734 2 місяці тому +1

      nonetheless, Canada could use fast "interceptor" vessels for sovereignty, fisheries control, ans SAR duties... a sinking freighter just off the coast would welcome a vessel that could get to it 3x faster than conventional vessels.

  • @danieldonaldson8634
    @danieldonaldson8634 2 роки тому +130

    my dad was one of the propulsion engineers on the Bras d’Or, out of United Aircraft in Longeuil. He had worked on the Napier Deltic-powered fast torpedo boats for the Royal Navy, and not long after he moved back to Canada, to act as Napier’s representative out of Montreal, it started to become clear that Napier was in trouble, and wasn’t doing the cutting edge engineering he loved. He saw gas turbines as where the action was.
    So he moved to UA, first working for Pratt & Whitney in the US. They were affiliated companies, and I think he believed they were doing more interesting work. But his Canadian passport landed him in Montreal. The timing was good though, because he was part of this project, and then afterwards, the DDH -280 class. He was onboard the Bras d’Or on its trials, and said to his son (me), who couldn’t get enough of these stories, that the time when the ship started to lift, as it got up on the foils, and accelerate, was the only thing more terrifying and amazing than those british torpedo boats at speed.

    • @beer1for2break3fast4
      @beer1for2break3fast4 2 роки тому +5

      When I joined the Navy in '76 this ship was in the dockyard but out of the water. It sat there for a few years until they finally moved it to Quebec. I sailed my entire Naval career on 280's as an engineer.

    • @skybot9998
      @skybot9998 11 місяців тому

      Cool dad.👍😎

    • @shovington67
      @shovington67 10 місяців тому

      Extremely fascinating.

  • @raztaz826
    @raztaz826 2 роки тому +198

    My grandfather worked on the Bras Dor. He went out on it a couple times, he was an engineer and worked on electrical and research projects.

    • @polyus_studios
      @polyus_studios  2 роки тому +21

      That's awesome!

    • @andrewmcmanaman7372
      @andrewmcmanaman7372 2 роки тому +3

      Nova Scotia strong

    • @mulletoutdooradventures6286
      @mulletoutdooradventures6286 2 роки тому +3

      Did everyone in Canadia have a family member that worked on Bras Dor? Or is everyone related up there?

    • @raztaz826
      @raztaz826 2 роки тому +6

      @@mulletoutdooradventures6286 Well, mostly we just all come out of the woodwork when theres a chance to celebrate. In the maritimes there are a lot of family connections and families that have been around for a long time. So you can just bump into somebody you knew from 25yrs ago.

    • @pbrandstett1189
      @pbrandstett1189 2 роки тому

      @@andrewmcmanaman7372 q

  • @waynemiller1286
    @waynemiller1286 2 роки тому +57

    Back in the day I spent a couple of weeks on the Bras D'Or as a cook on assigned duty. Went on a couple of high speed foil runs before returning back to the steamers. What a thrill for someone who was still a kid!

    • @colinm936
      @colinm936 Рік тому +2

      I was on the Thunder back in 71. When we were leaving Halifax for the last time { heading for the west coast } the Bras D'Or came out to see us off. It was a sight that I'll never forget.......rising up out of the water as she came by!!

  • @adriendauphinais1200
    @adriendauphinais1200 2 роки тому +80

    I was born is the Bras d'Or's hometown, and strangely this great piece of Canadian history seems to have been largely forgotten here. I remember discovering the Bras d'Or whilst working at the local museum one summer, they had an exhibition about shipbuilding at Marine Industries, and not one mention of the fastest military ship in the world being built there...

    • @markcantemail8018
      @markcantemail8018 2 роки тому +8

      I first learned about Brador in Oshawa about 1973 , Our Hosts were proud that the Alcohol content was more than American Beer . I am impressed with this Hydrofoil and i salute your Hometown .

    • @kevinnugent6530
      @kevinnugent6530 2 місяці тому

      I remember seeing the Bras D'Or at the Naval Armaments Depot on the Dartmouth side while crossing the bridge back in the 80s.

    • @Contact-s3l
      @Contact-s3l Місяць тому

      Hello, perhaps I am missing something, but I’m not seeing exactly where the actual ship
      HMCS Bras D’or
      Was constructed where it currently sits as a museum piece from the story, which I did not know previously, but there was also a town where Alexander Graham Bell conducted various experiments, however, this is not to assume, the ships actual construction location as Bras D’or…
      Looking forward to your reply !
      Thanks

  • @saber1105
    @saber1105 2 роки тому +117

    Another stellar piece of documentary! It's always a happy day when a new Polyus video comes out!
    The leaps and bounds in Canadian defense research during the mid-century are some of the most interesting stories of the time. Thank you for what you do. 😁

  • @Vespuchian
    @Vespuchian 2 роки тому +37

    I'd not seen that footage of Bras d'Or settling down into the water before, I'd only seen footage and photos of it getting up to speed. Unexpectedly graceful!

  • @jamiewhichelo9983
    @jamiewhichelo9983 2 роки тому +43

    I seem to remember going to Halifax as a kid and passing this beauty on the way. Never truely appreciated it. Shame it was never used in the intended ASW role, or used in a Littoral Class style use. Thank you so much for this information!

  • @normharper4492
    @normharper4492 2 роки тому +5

    My Dad is going to like this vid. thanks...He served in the Canadian Navy and to this day has a air solenoid on display in his workshop taken from this ship back in the day when he served.

  • @van84agon
    @van84agon 2 роки тому +9

    Ace Job Polyus Studios for this slick HMCS Bras D'Or Documentary. I was born in 1971, it died in 1971, feel a strange affinity to this wonderful piece of Canadian 'Golden Age' Tech. The close ties to DeHavilland are very interesting, plane/boat? boat/plane? who cares its flipping fast!

    • @raygreaves4109
      @raygreaves4109 23 дні тому

      There is a seemingly missed bit of information that ties together three different types of craft, aircraft, hydrofoils and F1 cars!
      It seems that all three have at some time encountered the problem of porpoising, all related to the foils wether through air or water, and the solution seemed to be the correct placing or spacing of foils. This all points to similar action of flowing air or water through foils. De Havilland solved theirs, the researchers of the Bras D'Or solved theirs as did Mercedes with the porpoising of Lewis Hamilton's car.
      It just shows that different vehicles with similar structures as major parts of their operation are governed by the same branch of engineering.
      As a DHC brat (both parents worked there & we lived yards from the Downsview runway when I was at high school) I feel part of DHC.

  • @johnt8636
    @johnt8636 2 роки тому +7

    My late father was in the navy. He took me to see Bras d'Or in Halifax. I saw her running. Very cool.

  • @RobertFay
    @RobertFay 2 роки тому +11

    *- I worked for a canoe company started by the hydrodynamics engineers for HMCS Bras D'Or.*
    *- Phenomenal hull design: stable, fast, rugged, light, and with compound curves throughout.*
    *- The Eskasoni peoples loved it because they could use it better than their own designs.*
    *- Their judgment of it was it was the best they had ever used.*

    • @daviddunsmore103
      @daviddunsmore103 2 роки тому +3

      What were those ones called, and how can I buy one today. 🤔

    • @FBofStormworks
      @FBofStormworks Рік тому +2

      I don't know why, but this seems like one of the most Canadian things possible...

    • @RobertFay
      @RobertFay Рік тому +1

      @@FBofStormworks .
      *- Agreed. It was a really nice boat and fine piece of design and engineering work.*

  • @Shattering_Comet
    @Shattering_Comet 2 роки тому +5

    I'm from Sorel and a former Naval cadet, and the ship has always had a special place in the city's ship building history. Great to see so many pics and video of her in action.

  • @lincolnaitken
    @lincolnaitken 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you for making these beatuftiful documnentrays. As a Canadian, I take great pride of our legacy in aviation and science as a whole. However I can never shake this feeling that this era of Canadian inovation has come to an end. With the slow death of Bombardiar being the latest example. Thank you again for your excelent work.

    • @OK-ws7ti
      @OK-ws7ti 10 місяців тому

      not necessairly. we are tough folk, the spring will come soon, as it always does.

  • @JK-rv9tp
    @JK-rv9tp 2 роки тому +25

    Awesome video! My lead hand when I was Buffalo mechanic at DH in the 70s was on the FH400. He was one of some DH techs who were sent to Marine Industries because the ship used aircraft AN and MS standard components for hydraulics and other systems and MI mechanics needed to be retrained on the differences. The control wheels in the bridge of the ship were straight from the Caribou/Buffalo parts bin.

    • @polyus_studios
      @polyus_studios  2 роки тому +5

      Oh cool I didn't know that!

    • @charlieross-BRM
      @charlieross-BRM 11 місяців тому

      I grew up about a mile from DH Downsview. In our neighbourhood there were quite a few employees of DH (including my best friend's father from Isle of Wight hovercraft engineering) and several iving in Downsview and working at A.V. Roe in Malton (including my father) until that Black Friday cancellation.

    • @JK-rv9tp
      @JK-rv9tp 11 місяців тому

      I lived near Dufferin & Wilson in the late 70s.@@charlieross-BRM

  • @mikekennedy9383
    @mikekennedy9383 2 роки тому +5

    Bravo Zulu, Brad! A really nice overview of the project and the background specs with some terrific footage. I have to say, as a former naval officer, that the excuse for cancelling the project - moving away from ASW and choosing vessels that were "more versatile" - is a bit of a red herring. ASW is still our fundamental area of expertise and having additional smaller, faster (and cheaper to build, crew, deploy and maintain) vessels would have given us more flexibility in carrying out our sovereignty patrols, not less. The cavitation problems eventually may have proved insurmountable and ultimately have led to the project's cancellation (though that remains an open question), but this was a budget cutting exercise at the cost of operational flexibility and technical innovation, plain and simple. I think this is amply illustrated by the fact we only added 4 DDHs to the fleet in the 20 years that followed, despite the fact that our entire fleet of DDHs was already between 10-20 years long in the tooth when Bras D'Or was mothballed. Hardly a drive for a more versatile fleet. I remember having a laugh on a STANAVFORLANT deployment when one of my Dutch counterparts complained that their 8-year-old, state-of-the-art Frigate was showing its age. Our contribution to the NATA squadron, as much as I loved her, was over 30 with some technology dating back to WWII. If you ever decide to update the video there are a few suggestions I'd like to offer: There is a video of the Bras D'Or doing heavy sea trials in company with HMCS Fraser, if you can find it. It breaks down the rate of seasickness in the two vessels, with the Bras D'Or performing much better than the Fraser, despite being less than half her length and about 1/10th her displacement. Also, it might be nice to mention Thomas G. Lynch's book, "The Flying 400", which is a wealth of information and can still be tracked down, though I think it's no longer in print. And finally, a note on terminology: Canadian warships are referred to as either "The" or "HMCS" but never as "The HMCS". That essentially translates as "The Her Majesty's Canadian Ship". The media in Halifax still gets that wrong despite the navy being here for the last 270 years. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to your next production!

    • @weatheranddarkness
      @weatheranddarkness 2 роки тому

      I think it was the cost to maintain that really did her in. But for the length of shoreline in this country i think we’d be well served by something more efficiently fast than the current fleet

  • @jazzhandsparten
    @jazzhandsparten 2 роки тому +2

    I can’t thank you enough for bring up Canada achievements in technology and sciences. Thank you!

  • @christophersmith2030
    @christophersmith2030 10 місяців тому +3

    My grandfather was an instrumentation tech on the project. Starting in Sorel he worked and moved with the ship to Halifax and was on board for many of the sea trials. At one time I listened to old recordings of the sea trials on reel to reel cassettes that he had kept in an old shoe box

  • @ryancraig2795
    @ryancraig2795 2 роки тому +5

    Great stuff. My dad was in the Navy from 1959 to 1994. For many years you could see the Bras Dor sitting on dry land with its foils covered in the Dartmouth navy docks. I didn't realize they had moved it to a park.

  • @penderkev
    @penderkev 2 роки тому +5

    The barge it sat on was built specifically for Bras D'Or by Pictou Industries for $800 k , no tender. It was submersible with 18 ballast tanks and was galvanized inside and out. Beaver Marine Construction obtained it from Crown Assets and utilized it building floating concrete wharf caissons in Nova Scotia for many years.

  • @davidedgar2818
    @davidedgar2818 2 роки тому +18

    I was a part of a U.S. Navy team assigned to document a captured ussr hydroplane spy boat that was captured in the 70's. The engineers determined that it could perform at 80 to 100 knots in shallow water in coastal areas and it was no bigger than a WW2 PT boat. It had such a low radar profile and wood hulled that it was almost invisible to sea based radar. The Kennard was a single steerable ski design that had adjustable vertical angle. The drive was turbine type and used water jet propulsion.

  • @papabearpaw5866
    @papabearpaw5866 2 роки тому +10

    The silver dart. My old boss loved to tell the story of his grandfather flying it. It is a great story.

    • @polyus_studios
      @polyus_studios  2 роки тому +3

      I'll be doing a video on the Silver Dart at some point for sure

    • @gryph01
      @gryph01 2 роки тому +1

      @@polyus_studios Looking forward to watching that video. The silver dart commented my love for aviation

  • @nate7079
    @nate7079 2 роки тому +3

    Truly UA-cams most underrated channel! Great video!

  • @garethdavies2538
    @garethdavies2538 2 місяці тому +1

    In 1965 I worked for the Canadian Aeronautical Establishment in Ottawa. I was friendly with a Navy man who was researching the name Bras D'Or to be certain that the name had no negative
    connotation in history and mythology. At the same time there was a test platform set up in the next lab which could perform all the gyrations expected of the hydrofoil. It was used to test
    crews probable performance on a new type of ship.

  • @frankthechemist
    @frankthechemist 10 місяців тому +2

    I live a few km away from the Musée Maritime du Québec, where the Bras d'Or is located now. We used to go to the museum at lunch time when I was in high school. The people at the museum were letting us wondering around the outside parc where the Bras d'Or and the Ernest Lapointe (an ice breaker) are located. We couldn't go in the ships, but it was always nice to be there in this beautiful "boat park", just beside the Fleuve St-Laurent. Haven't been for a few years, I should go back and revisit the unique hydrofoil!

  • @craigtanner6916
    @craigtanner6916 2 роки тому +6

    First class production, fascinating and extremely educational. Canada obviously has a lot to be proud of in some of these technologies, and thank you for bringing that to light! Thanks for all of your hard work in researching and producing these videos.

  • @AhnkoCheeOutdoors
    @AhnkoCheeOutdoors 2 роки тому +7

    My old boss was a retired US Navy Commander who was at one time the captain of the US Navy hydrofoil the USS Pegasus (PHM-) It had a top speed of 48 knots (55.24 mph). It seemed like a good idea at the time but the career of this class vessel was relatively short-lived (1977-1993).

  • @the_haligonian
    @the_haligonian Місяць тому

    I have lived in Halifax all my life and remember seeing her blazing across Bedford Basin as a youth. Everyone around here knew about her...her and "The Bonnie."
    Though the vessel was quite famous in these parts, this video has filled blanks in her story. Thanks for choosing The Bras D'Or as your subject. Well done!

  • @markignatiev7194
    @markignatiev7194 2 роки тому +5

    Have always been fascinated by this ship. Thank you for another great video on Canada's military history! Looking forward to the next one.

  • @YouTube4mee
    @YouTube4mee 2 місяці тому +1

    My father worked on it. I remember him taking me on a tour when I was very young. It was after the fire.

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 2 роки тому +2

    I'm Canadian, and I'd never heard of this wierd and wonderful ship. Thanks for sharing this!

  • @ThatGuy-dj3qr
    @ThatGuy-dj3qr Місяць тому

    Thanks for this excellent information. I have seen the HMCS Bras d'Or on two occasions while travelling to eastern Canada and have marvelled at the design. Its so great to get all of this background information.

  • @wildcolonialman
    @wildcolonialman 2 роки тому +1

    Fascinating. I travelled regularly in Auckland Harbour crossings in the Manu Wai. A NZ built Hydrofoil that was 72 feet long, could travel at 40 MPH with 75 people on board. This was 1964 through to 1973.

    • @aliscafi
      @aliscafi 2 роки тому

      Simon: Manu Wai is a PT 20 type surface piercing hydrofoil was designed by the Swiss firm Supramar and built in 1964 by the Italian firm Rodriquez before being shipped to New Zealand. It still survives and is on a mooring in Sydney Harbour, owned by Garry Fry.

  • @GrasshopperKelly
    @GrasshopperKelly 2 роки тому +1

    There's something satisfyingly majestic about how he sits back on the water

  • @bushcraftnorthof6012
    @bushcraftnorthof6012 2 роки тому +14

    This was so worth the wait! I grew up outside of Halifax, so cool to see footage and pictures from there. Hydrofoils fascinate me a lot. I've been at the Alexander Graham Bell museum in Baddeck and have worked in that area a lot. Thanks for doing this one.
    May I suggest a video on the DEW line construction and operations? I work in the arctic a fair bit, and find it fascinating. I've seen the Tundra train at the Whitehorse museum. I grew up close to a Pinetree line base in Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia. Was always spooky but intriguing.
    Or maybe a video on the High Arctic Weather Stations. I've been to Eureka and Mold Bay ones, so far.
    Love having a Canadian channel like this. Always classy and informative. Keep it coming!

    • @polyus_studios
      @polyus_studios  2 роки тому +3

      DEW line is a good idea. I'll add it to the list!

  • @1stpogo
    @1stpogo 2 роки тому +11

    One of my instructors in the Navy back in the late 80's was a radioman on board. He told me of times the Captain wanted to go to Bermuda for the weekend and that was that, off they went. They'd race down on a Friday in a matter of hours, and come back Monday morning.

    • @q.e.d.9112
      @q.e.d.9112 2 роки тому +6

      Undoubtedly, your instructor was having you on.
      It’s 850 miles one-way to Bermuda from Halifax, NS. That’s about 270 miles further than this thing can “race”. Even at 110 km/h, that’s 12½ hours each way with a high speed refuelling needed on both legs.
      So, let’s have her do the first 580 miles at 110kphThat’s a bit over 8 hours, then you’ve got 270 miles to go at 22 kph, so another 19+ hours. 27 hours, one way.
      You got any idea how much gas a 30,000hp gas turbine burns over 16 hours? Plus another 39 hours keeping a 2,400hp diesel running? Me neither, but I bet it was more than that captain had authority to burn without a real operational purpose. What about the protocol of a warship visiting another nation? Pretty sure they don’t just rock up, even when it’s a friendly.

    • @OoavastoO
      @OoavastoO 2 роки тому

      @@q.e.d.9112 Nope. Definitely need to obtain DIPCLEAR (Diplomatic Clearance) before making a port visit, unless of course if it was for emergency purposes. Even then, there'd have to be some sort of agreement established (Courtesy Clearance)

    • @michaelglasgow1944
      @michaelglasgow1944 2 роки тому +1

      Great to hear from someone who knew she came to bermuda 🇧🇲 we had a 20ft speed boat and thought we were cool, went out to meet her 45mph was pretty QUICK SHE WENT by us like we were going in other direction Great memories

  • @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365
    @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 11 місяців тому

    I remember visiting the Bras d'Or 25+ years ago as a kid. I even recognized the pictures used in this video as looking familiar, with the stairs and all... But no memory where the ship was located. Thank you for that trip down memory lane.
    It's sad hydrofoils never became a thing in the end. It would be amazing today.

  • @bakhen
    @bakhen 2 роки тому +2

    I am always happy to see you post a new video. This one was on par with all your other ones... Excellent! Thank you!!

  • @derekcourt425
    @derekcourt425 2 роки тому

    My father was a commander in the Canadian Navy in the 1960's.
    He took us young kids down to Halifax harbor on one of the final times that the Bras D'or was running up and down the harbor ( It may have been Canada Day July 1st 1969 or 1970 as there were large crowds and many small private boats in the harbor).
    The only thing I remember other than the amazing sight of watching a large ship flying up the harbor faster than a water ski boat was the sound of the turbine.
    Painfully LOUD!
    It was unbelievable, an ear piercing, high pitched whistle like 10,000 steam kettles. Off the charts loud.
    Everyone in the crowd onshore had their hands over their ears because it hurt.
    Thanks for the informative video.

  • @KatisuJonson
    @KatisuJonson 2 роки тому +6

    Fantastic Canadiana, I'm happy to hear about our proud defense developments and innovations . Reminds me of the Heritage Moments of yesteryear TV reruns.
    Can't wait for your next documentary Polyus, keep up the fire ☺

  • @j-p6422
    @j-p6422 2 роки тому +4

    Another Great video! I was looking forward to this one and you did an amazing job! Definitely the most informative on the HMCS Bras D’or I have come across!

  • @nashleysk8er
    @nashleysk8er 2 роки тому +4

    Another great video. As a kid I heard about HMCS Bras d'Or but there wasn’t much information on her. Thanks for taking the time and putting this together.

  • @d.flaherty227
    @d.flaherty227 2 роки тому +1

    In 1978 I was posted ashore to the Cdn Forces Maritime Warfare School(now Center) as an ABRP. During the 2 years there I found on one of the lowest decks a group of abandoned offices previously used for the Brador project, and here I found drawings, specification tables, photos and, most interestingly, a pile of films of testing runs and engineering discussions. I tried to stow away some of the documents and films in the library but with little success. In the meantime the spaces used for the project were torn out to refit a new trainer. I doubt there is much of any of that material remains unfortunately.

  • @patreilly6826
    @patreilly6826 2 роки тому +2

    Interesting ship. I knew a machinist mate that served on it and he said that they did a speed run to Bermuda from Halifax once. This was in the days before GPS navigation and his one comment was if we had missed Bermuda by 5 nautical miles they would not have had enough fuel to make it to port and would have been looking for a tow. He also said that after they did the “rough sea trials” they had to dry dock it for almost a year to repair the cracks in the foil pivot supports. Very fast but high on maintenance.

    • @jamespowell7302
      @jamespowell7302 11 місяців тому

      Not a "machinist's Mate", but a Stoker ! ( I R 1 ) (or Marine Engineer Artificer. 312/313/314 in the 90's money...)

  • @daviddavid5880
    @daviddavid5880 2 роки тому

    Man I have just got to say how cool it is that so many of these are still around in museums. Nice job, Canada. Two thumbs up.

    • @polyus_studios
      @polyus_studios  2 роки тому +2

      They only built 1 but it is cool that it made its way to a museum

  • @jeffbrinkerhoff5121
    @jeffbrinkerhoff5121 2 місяці тому +1

    The information and photos of the foil developement are excellent. Thanks

  • @peerpede-p.
    @peerpede-p. 2 роки тому +6

    In the sixties we had a hydrofoil ferryline from Copenhagen Denmark, to Malmoe Sweden.
    I travelled many times with these boats, they was fast, and overall a great succes.

  • @pastorrich7436
    @pastorrich7436 2 роки тому +3

    Production quality and content continue to get better and better! The best yet!! Very interesting and engaging. Well done!!

  • @Atreid3s
    @Atreid3s 2 роки тому

    It is terrific to have such a great source on the Northern contributions to our continental defense! Thank you for such great content!

  • @MrToubrouk
    @MrToubrouk 2 роки тому

    I saw this ship as a kid and I didn't remembered it's name until today. Thanks you for this documentary.

  • @ELMS
    @ELMS 2 роки тому +3

    This was just excellent. I knew about the Bras D’or, but was unaware of the back story. Terrific! Thank you.

  • @richardsawyer5428
    @richardsawyer5428 2 роки тому +1

    I took a hydrofoil from Dover to Ostend back in the early 90s when Interrailling. Going up the English Channel was like a river trip.

  • @CharlesFowler-p2c
    @CharlesFowler-p2c Рік тому +1

    Remember her running up and down halfax in lat60s early 70s.Commander Gord Edward's was the captain and I knew a few fellas who served on her. She made a record speed run from Halifax to Bermuda

    • @meunier1378
      @meunier1378 Рік тому

      My father John Meunier did this trip

  • @JimmyJamesJ
    @JimmyJamesJ 2 роки тому +20

    FYI, maraging steel is pronounced “miraging” as in a mirage not “marriaging”. Maraging steel is really cool stuff. It's what was used to make the springs on the moon buggys.

    • @MelioraCogito
      @MelioraCogito 2 роки тому

      🤔 it's spelled _maraging_ steel. It's the short form for "martensitic aging" (mar-aging).
      _noun_
      1. a low-carbon steel that has been heated and quenched to form _martensite:_ contains up to 25 percent nickel.
      And yes, it really is a cool alloy of steel.
      See also:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraging_steel

    • @erictremblay4940
      @erictremblay4940 2 роки тому +5

      Speaking of the moon exploration, all the LEM landing gears assembly were designed et built by Heroux in Longueuil...

    • @aniquinstark4347
      @aniquinstark4347 2 роки тому +1

      It's also used for fencing swords because they need to be extremely flexible and unlikely to break for safety. Too stiff and you could hurt your opponent, too weak and it could break off the rounded tip and also become a hazard.

    • @russnixon6020
      @russnixon6020 2 роки тому +3

      @@aniquinstark4347 I came here to say this. I was a epee fencer and the armorer for my H. S. team.

    • @ElleBBorje
      @ElleBBorje 2 роки тому +1

      You learn n+1 things everyday!

  • @allenwells33
    @allenwells33 2 роки тому +4

    The US Navy had several of these at Key West, FL. I was on one in 1986. They were used for drug interdiction.

  • @dcniner0187
    @dcniner0187 2 місяці тому +1

    In 1963 Dehaviland Aircraft moved to the old Avro Aircraft facilities ( Avro Arrow build site). In Malton Ontario Canada. Dehaviland had a contract to build the DC9 wings for Douglas Aircraft. I was on that program. One of the buildings had large wood mockups of large sections of the Bras Dor . Why there I don’t know .

  • @ZacCrawforth
    @ZacCrawforth 2 роки тому +1

    Great vid, as always! Now I need to go see this ship! What a beauty!

  • @michaelguerin56
    @michaelguerin56 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you. Educational and entertaining. Always good to learn more.

  • @johnandrews3568
    @johnandrews3568 2 роки тому

    Another absolute gem of a doc! Well done!

  • @crushthis123
    @crushthis123 Місяць тому +1

    I was probably one of the only kids on the Bras d'Or. I still have a couple pins that the sailors wore who piloted her from Big Johnny Valoue while it was still active, and Big John was the ships cook. My father an x service man Robert Barnes and Johnny his best friend and myself and two brothers went on board when it was in dry dock for different wings, We were not allowed on board but Johnny said he would beat him up, just joking and he looked around and said go ahead. We were also on the Bonnie and the Maggie among most tribal class and some subs and I don't remember if it was ours, British or American

  • @marks_sparks1
    @marks_sparks1 2 роки тому +13

    An excellent video by Polyus. It's kinda frustrating to think Canadian technology & innovation has provided the Ottawa government with potential game changer (Arrow, Bras d'Or) only for lack of finance to thwart their development to the fullest potential.

    • @shawnwright5332
      @shawnwright5332 11 місяців тому

      It wasn't finance it was strongarm tactics from the Pentagon especially with the Arrow you can research this cheers

  • @alancurren378
    @alancurren378 Рік тому +1

    I remember seeing her on dry dock in Halifax as a boy. Always wanted to see her in the water.

  • @crazygood150
    @crazygood150 2 роки тому

    It's so epic looking when cruising up on its foils. Really looks like it means business

  • @chuck_machine
    @chuck_machine 2 місяці тому

    Cool story that I was unaware of. Thanks for posting it!

  • @tab3r
    @tab3r 2 роки тому +2

    Interesting that Bras Dor was powered by the P&W FT4A2. I wouldn't be surprised if the research that went into the selection of the FT4 for the Bras Dor is what prompted it's use in the Iroquois class destroyers - the first warships to be powered exclusively by gas turbines. Bras Dor and the 280 class: two great Canadian firsts.
    Incredibly well done video! Love your inclusion of the technical aspects and details.

    • @Scriptorsilentum
      @Scriptorsilentum 11 місяців тому

      the "Tribals" were a shock to NATO, the yanks, and the Soviets. not only were they helicopter equipped but had the analog computers at the time and could "data-link" with each other and the mother ship to coordinate asw attacks. also the tribals had the capacity for two such workhorses - the sikorsky sea king helos. NATO and US navies depended on helos as the eyes and ears for the mother ships to bring weaponry to attack dived boats. imagine everyone's surprise when it was demonstrated that in addition to their data capabilities of the time the sea kings were equipped with a full asw weaponry package of their own, sonobuoys, sonar "dipping domes" and could also deploy a towed array. to attack a boat the mother ship was not needed... and they easily handled in-flight refueling.
      the dh-280s and seakings from the rcn were seen by the soviets as formidable.

  • @charlieross-BRM
    @charlieross-BRM 11 місяців тому

    On a planned motorcycle trip from Ontario to ride the Cabot Trail I took one day to stay put and went to the museum in Baddeck; lovely town for tourists to relax. From the outside the museum didn't look like it was worth the hour ride to get there but I ended up spending hours going through it. If you have a curious mind about "things" and engineering, it is enthralling. Bell did so much more than the telephone - like it was a side note to his more philanthropic efforts to human welfare. He was a collaborator instead of a competitor and had a hand in many things of medical diagnostics, aeronautics and propulsion we exploit to this day teaming up with other inventors in those fields.

    • @polyus_studios
      @polyus_studios  11 місяців тому

      Yeah that museum is awesome! Well worth the visit

  • @mississaugaicedogs
    @mississaugaicedogs 2 роки тому

    once again, another awesome video. it's clear you don't rush your research and your videos. Your videos are essays and how I wish I could have done my history essays as a video like you have.

  • @gworfish
    @gworfish 2 роки тому +1

    This was a wonderful documentary. You make great videos and I hope they are seen widely. Thanks! Looking forward to more.

    • @polyus_studios
      @polyus_studios  2 роки тому +1

      Many thanks!

    • @gworfish
      @gworfish 2 роки тому

      @@polyus_studios Quite welcome. I'd like to particularly praise the music choices, the editing of the visuals, and your excellent narrator diction.
      As an aside, I'm glad that despite its many problems, UA-cam provides a venue for small independent documentary makers to do their work. Twenty years ago this just couldn't happen.

  • @learrus
    @learrus 2 роки тому

    Crazy video! I am from Halifax, build boats and love hydrofoil designs and am pretty sure my Grand Father served on the Bon Adventure but I did not know any of this!

  • @joeblow9657
    @joeblow9657 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks so much for going into great depth on what used to be a Wikipedia page I didn't quite comprehend to me!!!

  • @AndyB12
    @AndyB12 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing a channel for Canadian military development amazing

  • @441rider
    @441rider 11 місяців тому

    Good on you bringing real Canuck engineering vids of history. Stability under fire made the foil impractical in some ways due to heavy waves and damage weakness

  • @malakiblunt
    @malakiblunt 2 роки тому +1

    Always great to see a new film from you :-)

  • @Tobeon2
    @Tobeon2 2 роки тому +2

    Fascinating!! I am a wing foiler and appreciating the efficiency of foiling a lot these days... It is not just the top speed, but I believe the foiling will definitely save the fuel consumption while cruising at the same 'low' speed. It will be even more awesome if the foils are somehow retractable..

  • @anthonyxuereb792
    @anthonyxuereb792 2 роки тому +1

    The Germans had delved into hydrofoils and the placing/arrangement of the foils themselves deserves some mention. I only rode once on hydrofoil, ferry of Italian origin and it was rock steady, I was really impressed.

  • @gordonwallin2368
    @gordonwallin2368 2 місяці тому

    Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

  • @marcbourgeois4109
    @marcbourgeois4109 2 роки тому

    I remember her. She was at Shearwater on a cradle when I took sailing lessons at the yacht club in the 70s. You could walk right up to her

  • @JUSTINBURPER666
    @JUSTINBURPER666 2 роки тому +1

    That pic of the HMCS Bonaventure makes Dartmouth look like a foreign land nowadays

  • @geirleirvik1478
    @geirleirvik1478 2 місяці тому +1

    The Skjold class of active duty corvetttes have apparently been clocked in excess of 80 knots - close to 150 km/h - design goal was to exceed 60 knots

  • @markstevens1729
    @markstevens1729 2 місяці тому

    I recall the excitement of it when I was a kid. Ultimately if it had been a preferable platform, someone would have used it along the way.

  • @jocelynhurtubise2420
    @jocelynhurtubise2420 2 роки тому +1

    Very good video on the HMCS Bras D'Or, I'm still anxiously waiting for your video on the CF-105

    • @dereksmith8179
      @dereksmith8179 2 роки тому

      He did made the cf105 video 2 years ago

    • @jocelynhurtubise2420
      @jocelynhurtubise2420 2 роки тому

      @@dereksmith8179 "Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow; Footage from its first flight" is just a footage not the story

  • @gs637
    @gs637 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent documentary, on a very interesting subject. Thanks

  • @gailoakley1748
    @gailoakley1748 11 місяців тому

    Worked for de Haviland at the time in public relations, we were very excited about the Bras d'Or. What happened was the foils kept cracking and the cost was extraordinary high. Was a very interesting time, if they could have corrected this problem it would have been a great ship.

  • @dakohli
    @dakohli 2 роки тому +14

    The DDH-280 Iroquois class benefited from the development work done on Bras D'Or,. The 280's were the first Western Destroyers built with all Gas-Turbine propulsion using lessons learned here, and the Combat Control System also benefited from the work done on the system for Bras D'Or.

    • @adriendauphinais1200
      @adriendauphinais1200 2 роки тому +4

      And coincidentally, the lead ship was build at the same shipyard! When the Iroquois was decommissioned in 2015, they tried to bring it back to its hometown as a museum ship, unfortunately without success

    • @erictremblay4940
      @erictremblay4940 2 роки тому

      Indeed' Marines in Sorel built those (they had aluminium hulls)

    • @kleinjahr
      @kleinjahr 2 роки тому +1

      Served both Huron and Iroquois, belowdecks.

    • @beer1for2break3fast4
      @beer1for2break3fast4 2 роки тому +1

      @@kleinjahr Huron and Algonquin here. Stoker.

    • @kleinjahr
      @kleinjahr 2 роки тому

      @@beer1for2break3fast4 Spent some time on Algonquin waiting for Huron to come back from a deployment. Stoker as well. Used to hate taking the enclosures off the port cruise engine. One panel had a post about 3 inches from it and the panel was about 6 inches thick. A real pain.

  • @theafro
    @theafro 2 роки тому +1

    As usual, Excellent work!

  • @handlaidtracksand3dprinted922
    @handlaidtracksand3dprinted922 2 роки тому

    Used to take hydrofoils in Greece between the islands in the 1980's - fast and stable ride!

  • @Beakphoto
    @Beakphoto 2 роки тому +1

    Fascinating. I would have loved to see that ripping down Halifax Harbour.

  • @clayz1
    @clayz1 2 роки тому +1

    I remember seeing the Boeing hydrofoil on Puget Sound (Seattle). I thought it would be the coolest thing to belong to that operation somehow. The project ended with no real explanations, except for floating hazards like logs. I can see where that would be a problem, but didn’t believe that was the whole story. In this video I learned that cavitation, materials, foil design strategy all played a part in the demise of the military hydrofoil. Nowadays they have the computer power to eliminate bad guesswork and proceed with better designs should they decide to do so. The same underlying problem, cavitation, will still be there to deal with.

    • @joelandrum9803
      @joelandrum9803 2 роки тому

      If you saw Plainview, AHEG-1, I was copilot on that ship. 220 feet, 300 tons. It was fast enough at 40 knots. Floating logs were never a problem; we cut through them like they weren't even there.

  • @VonSchpam
    @VonSchpam 2 роки тому +1

    PBY-Catalina : I'm an airplane that floats!
    HMCS Bras D'Or: I'm a boat that flies.

  • @paulcrawford6206
    @paulcrawford6206 11 місяців тому

    Commander Edwards was Captain of the Bras'dor, he was previous a Navy pilot. I was flying in a Sea King Helicopter out of Shearwater, listening on my radios, I heard Cmdr Edwards contact Shearwater Airfield Control tower and ask for landing Instructions, he gave the ships side number, he was actually coming into Halifax Harbour, at a very high speed, I could see him out my window, the person on duty at Shearwater tower, asked him to repeat his side number and location, stating that the tower had no aircraft on their radar. Someone in the tower actually knew Cmdr Edwards and finally recognized 400 as the Bras'dor, it made for an interesting exchange between the tower base and the hydrofoil.

  • @meunier1378
    @meunier1378 Рік тому

    My father John Meunier was on this ship. He did Halifax to Bermudas for tests. Dad was a divers officer until 1971.

  • @sinsloth12
    @sinsloth12 2 роки тому +1

    Great video ,very informative . Thank You !!

  • @achillebelanger9866
    @achillebelanger9866 2 роки тому

    Bell also tested them in Maine. Our Navy Beach ⛱️ Jumpers tested the for Tactical Fleet Deception use as well. They were good for laying fast smokescreens around a Fleet( or lack thereof.)

  • @criticalevent
    @criticalevent 2 місяці тому

    I really wish they could have gotten that for display near the Bell Museum.

  • @markfryer9880
    @markfryer9880 2 роки тому

    This was a very interesting video! Hydrofoils are all about getting wet and being foiled in your attempts to make them work successfully.

  • @giuseppe4909
    @giuseppe4909 2 роки тому

    Totally fascinating documentary of a very interesting subject.

  • @namenotavailable11
    @namenotavailable11 2 роки тому +2

    This is sort of like the Avro Arrow of boats. Fast, innovative, and better than anything else at the time, but relegated to the "could have been".

  • @Ont785
    @Ont785 10 місяців тому

    I remember seeing it in Halifax.
    Pretty cool

  • @pierrec1590
    @pierrec1590 2 роки тому

    I did visit the Musée Maritime in l'Islet-sur-Mer a few years ago. If you ever visit the city of Québec, by all means, make a small detour and go visit the museum.

  • @brockzinck8664
    @brockzinck8664 2 роки тому

    Babe wake up. The new Polyus video just dropped.