| Laid down | 5th August 1960 |
| Launched | 10th December 1961 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 30th May 1964 |
| Fate | Decommissioned: 2nd July 1998 |
| Builders | Marine Industries, Sorel Canada |
| Complement | 228 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Displacement | 2400 tons std 3420 tons max |
| Dimensions | 371' x 42' |
| Draught | 23' 5" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 2 x FMC Mk33 3"/50 (1 x 2) |
| Secondary guns | None |
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x Mk32 12.75" (2 x 3) |
| Other weapons | ASW: 1 x Mk10 Limbo mortar |
| Countermeasures | As built: 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers Refitted: 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers 1 x SLQ26 Nixie towed decoy |
| Armour | N/A |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | 1 x Sea King helicopter |
| Flightdeck | N/A |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | As built: SPS12 air search SPS10 surface search Sperry Mk2 navigation Refitted: SPS503 air search SPS502 surface search |
| Sonar | As built: SQS503 hull mounted SQS501 hull mounted Refitted: SQS505 hull mounted SQR19 towed array |
| ECM | SLQ501 intercept |
| Other | SPG48 fire control Mk69 gunnery director |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 x English Electric steam turbines |
| Power output | 30000shp |
| Speed | 28kts |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 4570NM @ 14kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
Nipigon received her DELEX refit in 1982. She was used as the test bed for the ETASS towed sonar array in the early 1990s.
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