- HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Ville de Québec.
HMCS Ville de Québec in September 2009.jpgCareer (Canada) 
Namesake: Quebec City, Quebec Builder: MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon Laid down: 16 December 1988 Launched: 16 May 1991 Commissioned: 29 March 1993 Homeport: CFB Halifax Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I will put God's gift to good use) 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 engineSpeed: 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 gunsAircraft carried: 1 × CH-124 Sea King HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993.
Ville de Québec is the third vessel in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Ville de Québec.
Ville de Québec was laid down on 16 December 1988 at MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon and launched on 16 May 1991. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 29 March 1993 and carries the hull classification symbol 332.
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax. Her Commanding officer is Commander (Capitaine de Fregate) Yves Germain.
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Service
Ville de Québec serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone.
Ville de Québec has also been deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations and in 2008, supported World Food Program efforts in Somalia.
Ville de Québec has also participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1).
On 2 September 2005 Ville de Québec was deployed with a joint MARCOM/CCG task force to the Gulf of Mexico to assist the United States with disaster relief efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina.[1]
On 6 August 2008, Canadian Defence Minister, Peter McKay, announced that the Ville de Québec would help in the protection of NATO relief for Somalia from pirates.
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References
- ^ CTV.ca News Staff (2005-09-14). "Canadian sailors go ashore to help in Biloxi". CTV News. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050913_Katrina_canadian_taskforce050911/?hub=TopStories. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
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