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Royal Canadian Navy — Destroyer R96

HMCS Nootka (R96)

Tribal-class destroyer

HMCS Nootka (R96)
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 97046 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — R96 Destroyers of British Commonwealth Navies tied to a mooring bouy at a southern Japanese port (presumably Sasebo), after "an extended period of operations in Korean waters", circa in May 1951. The ships are (from left): HMAS Warramunga (D123) (Australian Destroyer, 1942); HMCS Nootka (DDE 213) (Canadian Destroyer, 1946) and HMS Cockade (D34) (British Destroyer, 1945). All three were assigned to the

Service

  1. Royal Canadian Navy as Nootka9 August 1946 — 6 February 1964
Tribal-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMCS Nootka
Pennant / hull number
R96
Namesake
Nuu-chah-nulth people
Builder
Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Laid down
20 May 1942
Launched
26 April 1944
Commissioned
9 August 1946
Decommissioned
6 February 1964
Fate
Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1965. (1965)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,927 long tons (1,958 t)
Displacement, full load
2,745 long tons (2,789 t)
Length
114.91 m (377 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed
36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
Range
5,700 nmi (10,556 km)
Complement
259
Main gun
305 mm (12 in)

HMCS Nootka was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number R96. She was named for Nuu-chah-nulth people. Her keel was laid at Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 20 May 1942. She entered service on 9 August 1946, having been launched on 26 April 1944.

She was one of 24 ships of her class. The class followed the I-class destroyer and was succeeded by the J class.

She displaced 1,927 long tons standard and 2,745 long tons at full load. She measured 114.9 m (377 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 36.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 259. Her main battery was of 305 mm (12.0 in) calibre.

She was decommissioned on 6 February 1964.

She was broken up for scrap in 1965.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × shafts, 44000 shp
Power
  • 2 × Parsons single-reduction geared turbines
  • 3 × Admiralty-type three-drum boilers
Armament
  • As built
  • 4 × twin 4 in/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/45 QF Mk XVI (HA)
  • 1 × twin 3 in Mk 22 (HA)
  • 4 x single 40 mm Bofors Boffin
  • 1 × quad 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes (Mk IX)
  • 2 × triple 12 in Squid anti-submarine mortars

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMCS Nootka (R96) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 97046 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons