HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Ville de Québec.
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Builder: | MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, QC |
| Laid down: | 16 December 1988 |
| Launched: | 16 May 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 29 March 1993 |
| Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
| Motto: | Don de Dieu feray valoir (I will be worthy) |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1942-1944, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, Mediterranean 1943, English Channel 1944-1945 |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halifax-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,995 tonnes (light) 4,795 tonnes (operational) 5,032 tonnes (deep load) |
| Length: | 134.2 m |
| Beam: | 16.5 m |
| Draught: | 7.1 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × LM2500 Gas turbines 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,595 km) |
| Complement: | 225 (including air detachment) |
| Armament: | 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes 16 × Evolved Sea-Sparrow SAM 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 1 × 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun 1 × 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 6 × .50 Caliber machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × CH-124 Sea King |
HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) is the third of the Halifax-class line of frigates. On September 2, 2005, the ship was sent to the devastated U.S. Gulf Coast to assist disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. It was built in Lauzon, Quebec at M.I.L.Davie with a significant number of the ship's units also built at M.I.L. Tracy in Sorel/Tracy, Quebec and floated up the St. Lawerence Seaway by barge.
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