HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332)

	HMCS Ville de Québec in September 2016
History
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	MMSI number: 120477000
Motto	Don de Dieu feray valoir (I will be worthy)
Nickname(s)	"VDQ"
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1942–1944, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, Mediterranean 1943, English Channel 1944–1945
Status	Ship in active 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 (440 ft)
Beam	16.5 m (54 ft)
Draught	7.1 m (23 ft)
Propulsion	2 × LM2500 gas turbines; 1 × SEMT Pielstick diesel engine;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)
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 × 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.

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