HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) 2082246 220068313 2008-06-18T03:32:17Z Plasma east 60804 {{otherships|HMCS Ville de Québec}} {|{{Infobox Ship Begin}} {{Infobox Ship Image |Ship image=[[Image:No Photo Available.svg|300px|AlternateTextHere]] |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag=[[Image:Naval Jack of Canada.svg|60px|Maritime Command Jack]] |Ship name= |Ship namesake=[[Quebec City|Quebec City, Quebec]] |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=[[MIL Davie Shipbuilding]], [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]] |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=16 December 1988 |Ship launched=16 May 1991 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=29 March 1993 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=[[CFB Halifax]] |Ship identification= |Ship motto=''Don de Dieu feray valoir'' (I will be worthy) |Ship nickname= |Ship honours=Atlantic 1942-1944, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, Mediterranean 1943, English Channel 1944-1945 |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Active in service |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox Ship Characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Halifax|frigate|1}} |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=3,995 tonnes (light)<br />4,795 tonnes (operational)<br />5,032 tonnes (deep load) |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length=134.2 m |Ship beam=16.5 m |Ship height= |Ship draught=7.1 m |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=2 × [[General Electric LM2500|LM2500]] Gas turbines<br />1 × [[SEMT Pielstick]] Diesel engine |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed=30 [[Knot (speed)|knots]] (56 km/h) |Ship range=9,500 nautical miles (17,595 km) |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=225 (including air detachment) |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=24 × [[Mark 46 torpedo|Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes]]<br />16 × [[ESSM|Evolved Sea-Sparrow SAM]]<br />8 × [[RGM-84 Harpoon|RGM-84 Harpoon SSM]]<br /> 1 × 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun<br />1 × [[Phalanx CIWS|20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS]]<br />6 × [[.50 BMG|.50 Caliber]] machine guns |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft=1 × [[CH-124 Sea King]] |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''HMCS ''Ville de Quebec'' (FFH 332)''' is a {{sclass|Halifax|frigate|1}} that has served in the [[Canadian Forces]] since 1993. ''Ville de Quebec'' 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 {{warship|HMCS|Ville de Quebec}}. ''Ville de Quebec'' was laid down on 16 December 1988 at [[MIL Davie Shipbuilding]], [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]] and launched on 16 May 1991. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 29 March 1993 and carries the [[pennant number]] 332. She is assigned to [[Maritime Forces Atlantic]] (MARLANT) and is homeported at [[CFB Halifax]]. ==Service== ''Ville de Quebec'' 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 Quebec'' 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. ''Ville de Quebec'' has also participated in several [[NATO]] missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of [[Standing Naval Force Atlantic]] (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor [[Standing NRF Maritime Group 1|Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1]] (SNMG1). On 2 September 2005 ''Ville de Quebec'' was deployed with a joint [[Canadian Forces Maritime Command|MARCOM]]/[[Canadian Coast Guard|CCG]] task force to the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to assist the [[United States]] with disaster relief efforts in [[Louisiana]] and [[Mississippi]] following [[Hurricane Katrina]]. ==See also== *[[Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina]] ==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.marine.forces.gc.ca/villedequebec/home/index_e.asp HMCS ''Ville de Quebec'' (FFH 332) - official website] {{Halifax class frigate}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ville de Quebec, HMCS}} [[Category:Halifax class frigates]] [[Category:Hurricane Katrina relief]] {{Canada-mil-ship-stub}}