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Bras d'Or 1971

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bras d'Or	FHE400		Marine Industries, Sorel	1963	12.7.1968	7.1969	paid off 11.1971, discarded 1976

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Bras d'Or FHE400   Marine Industries, Sorel 1963 12.7.1968 7.1969 paid off 11.1971, discarded 1976

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	180
Displacement full, t	238
Length, m	46.0
Breadth, m	6.50
Draught, m	4.60 (hull) / 2.30 (foils under full speed)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Pratt & Whitney FT4A gas turbines / 2 Davey Paxman diesels
Power, h. p.	22000 / 2000
Max speed, kts	60 / 15
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	as designed: 4 x 3 - 324 TT (never really carried)
Electronic equipment
Complement	17

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Project history

This vessel was jointly funded by (he Canadian and British governments and designed by De Havilland (Canada).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

She ran a series of trials in 1969-71, but although moderately successful she was expensive to operate and was laid up in 1971. She remained in a state of preservation in the dockyard at Halifax until sold in 1982.

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