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Career (Canada) |
Royal Canadian Navy |
Namesake: |
Nootka Sound |
Commissioned: |
6 Dec 1938 |
Decommissioned: |
27 Jul 1945 |
Renamed: |
1943 |
Notes: |
Renamed HMCS Nanoose (J35) in 1943. |
General characteristics |
Displacement: |
460 long tons (470 t/520 S/T) |
Length: |
163 feet (49.7 m) |
Beam: |
27.5 feet (8.4 m) |
Draught: |
14.5 feet (4.4 m) |
Speed: |
12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement: |
38 |
Armament: |
1x4" |
HMCS Nootka (J35) was a Fundy-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938-1945.
She was renamed HMCS Nanoose (J35) in 1943 to allow the unit name Nootka to be used by the destroyer HMCS Nootka (R96).