HMCS Nootka (R96)

HMCS Nootka (centre) in 1951
History
Canada
Name	Nootka
Namesake	Nuu-chah-nulth people
Builder	Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cost	$6 million
Laid down	20 May 1942
Launched	26 April 1944
Commissioned	9 August 1946
Decommissioned	6 February 1964
Identification	R96 (1946–1949) DDE 213 (1950–1964)
Motto	Tikegh mamook solleks (Ready to fight)[1]
Honours and awards	Korea, 1951–1952[1]
Fate	Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1965.
Notes	Colours are white and royal blue.
Badge	Azure, in base barry wavy of four argent and azure, a killer whale (Orca) proper rising from the sea.[1]
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,927 long tons (1,958 t) standard 2,745 long tons (2,789 t) at deep load
Length	335 ft 6 in (102.3 m) pp 377 ft (114.9 m) oa
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	13 ft (4.0 m)
Installed power	2 × Parsons single-reduction geared turbines 3 × Admiralty-type three-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts, 44,000 shp (32,811 kW)
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	505–516 long tons (513–524 t) fuel oil
Complement	259
Sensors and processing systems	Type 291 radar (air search) Type 293 radar (target indication) Type 285 radar (fire control)
Armament	As built 4 × twin 4 in (102 mm)/45 QF Mk XVI (HA) 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors RP.50 Mk V 2 × single 40 mm Bofors Mk VII 2 × twin 20 mm Oerlikon Mk VC 1 × quad 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes (Mk IX) 1953 refit 2 × twin 4 in (102 mm)/45 QF Mk XVI (HA) 1 × twin 3 in (76 mm) Mk 22 (HA) 4 x single 40 mm Bofors Boffin 1 × quad 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes (Mk IX) 2 × triple 12 in (305 mm) Squid anti-submarine mortars

HMCS Nootka was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1946 to 1964. Constructed too late to take part in the Second World War, the ship saw service in the Korean War. She received the unit name Nootka while still under construction in Halifax, Nova Scotia after the RCN renamed the Fundy-class minesweeper Nootka (J35) to Nanoose (J35) in 1943. Nootka was the second Canadian Tribal to be constructed in Canada and the second Canadian warship to circumnavigate the world. The ship was sold for scrap and broken up at Faslane, Scotland in 1965.