General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 ALUMINUM HULL; OTHER METAL PARTS; SYNTHETIC; GLASS/.2 METAL FRAME; SYNTHETIC TIRES; METAL WHEELS/.3-.8 METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

1800.0 cm

Width

470.0 cm

Height

480.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

15.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Vessels

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SAUNDERS ROE

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1957-1963: EXPERIMENTAL HYDROFOIL; 1963-1972: HIGH SPEED TUG

Canada

THE BADDECK WAS PART OF THE 'CANADIAN HYDROFOIL PROJECT'. IT WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF PROTOTYPE VESSELS TESTED IN CANADA AS PART OF A RESEARCH PROGRAMME THAT CULMINATED IN THE BUILDING AND TESTING OF THE 'FHE 400', A VESSEL WHICH CAN BE CONSIDERED AS THE MARINE EQUIVALENT OF THE AVRO ARROW (REF.1).

Function

USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A FULL-SCALE HYDROFOIL CRAFT OF APPROXIMATELY 100 TONS FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE. LATER CONVERTED INTO A HIGH-SPEED TUG AND USED IN THE TESTING OF TOWED SONAR TECHNOLOGY.

Technical

IT PROVIDED INFORMATION ON STABILITY & SPEED OF HYDROFOILS AS WELL AS INVOLVING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BEVEL-GEAR, POD DRIVE SYSTEM; AND THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HOLLOW FOIL (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1: ON BOTH SIDES OF BOW: "BADDECK"/ ON BOTH SIDES OF STERN 'R 103'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 RED KEEL; GREY BODY; WHITE WHEELHOUSE WITH GREY ROOF; GREY SUPERSTRUCTURE/.2 RED/.3 &.4 GREY/.5 RED/.6 &.7 GREY/.8 YELLOW

Decoration

N/A