HMCS Nootka (J35)

Career (Canada)
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 ST)
Length: 163 ft (49.7 m)
Beam: 27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Draught: 14.5 ft (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).

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