HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332)
HMCS Ville de Québec in September 2016 | |
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Ville de Québec |
| Namesake | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Builder | MIL-Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis-Lauzon |
| Laid down | 16 December 1988 |
| Launched | 16 May 1991 |
| Commissioned | 11 July 1994 |
| Homeport | CFB Halifax |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Don de Dieu feray valoir (I will be worthy) |
| Nickname(s) | "VDQ" |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic 1942–1944, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, Mediterranean 1943, English Channel 1944–1945 |
| Status | Ship in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Halifax-class frigate |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) |
| Complement | 255 (including air detachment) |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone |
HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) (commonly referred to as VDQ) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1993. Ville de Québec is the third vessel in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. The frigate is the second Royal Canadian Navy ship to be named Ville de Québec and is Canada's only fully bilingual warship. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax. The vessel serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.