NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Mine Sweepers
The Canadian West Coast became a ship building powerhouse during the Second World War for both Naval and merchant ships. Additional information regarding the construction, record and ultimate fate of these ships will be added to these pages as this project progresses with current information available through the links listed below.
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Ship Information 
HMCS NOOTKA
Builder: B.C. Marine Railway Co., Esquimalt, British Columbia
Construction Started: Jan 28, 1941
Launched: 26 September 1938
Commissioned :6 December 1938
Pennant #:J35
North Atlantic
Decommissioned :29 July 1945
Renamed Nanoose 1943 -Sold for commercial service 1946.
Other ShipsHMCS COURTENAY
Displacement:460 long tons (470 t; 520 short tons)
Length:163 ft (49.7 m)
Beam: 27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Draught: 14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW)
Speed: 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Compliment: 83
Armarments:
one 12-pound (5.45 kg) gun
- CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum Joseph M. Lenarcik, Assistant Curator. Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada
- Government of Canada - Navy. https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories.html
PHOTO CREDIT - HMCS Nootka - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Nootka_(J35)#/media/File:HMCS_Nootka_H-546-A.jpg
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael (2002). No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939–1943 Volume II, Part I. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-061-6.
- Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
- Macpherson, Ken (1997). Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938–1945. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 0-920277-55-1.
- https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/nootka.html
- http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_NOOTKA_NANOOSE_J35.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Nootka_(J35)
Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html
Source: NA
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