HMCS BRAS D'OR J06

The New York ship owner for whom this trawler was ordered at Sorel went bankrupt soon after her launching in 1919, and she and five sisters were sold incomplete.  She was completed in 1926 for service with the Department of Marine and Fisheries as Lightship No. 25.  Requisitioned on 15 Sep 1939 as an auxiliary minesweeper and re-named BRAD D'OR, she patrolled the Halifax approaches from 1939 to 1940.  She joined the St. Lawrence patrol in Jun 1940, based at Rimouski, and on Jun 10 intercepted and seized the Italian freighter Cap Noli.  On the night of 18-19 Oct 1940, while following a Roumanian freighter Ingerner N. Vlassopol in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, BRAD D'OR disappeared. No trace of her or her crew was found.

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos

Remembering the Bra d'Or          The Life, Fate and Legacy of HMCS Bras d'Or

Commanding Officers

Lt A.K. Young, RCNR - 09 Oct 39 - 25 Apr 40

Lt Cedric Albert Hornsby, RCNR - 26 Apr 40 - 19 Oct 40

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Photos and Documents

(BDR001) HMCS Bras d'Or  //  Source: The Crowsnest Magazine June 1962

(BDR002)HMCS Bras D'Or

(BDR003) Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS Bras d'Or  //  From a Montreal newspaper

(BDR004) Article on 5 missing sailors from HMCS Brad D'Or  //  The Guardian, Charlottetown, PEI

(BDR005) Article (in French) on the capture of the Italian merchant vessel by HMCS BRAS D'OR  //  From "Le Progres du Golfe"  //  From the collection of P.H. Lawrence Burton, Skipper, RCNR  //  Courtesy of Michel Saint-Pierre