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HMCS ''Ville de Quebec''
Career
Laid down:	16 December 1988
Launched:	16 May 1991
Commissioned:	29 March 1993
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Displacement:	4,750 tonnes
Length:	442 ft 10 in (134.2 m) overall
Beam:	54 ft 6 in (16.5 m)
Draught:	15 ft 4 in (4.9 m)
Propulsion:	2 x GE LM2500 gas turbines 50,000 shp (37 MW) Pielstick Cruise Diesel 10,000 shp (7.5 MW)
Speed:	30+ knots (54+ km/h)
Complement:	234 officers and crew
Armament:	24 x Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedoes 16x Raytheon RIM-7 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles 8 x Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 6 x .50 calibre (12.7 mm) heavy machine guns
Aircraft:	1x 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. ''See Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina for more information.'' It was built in Lauzon, Quebec at M.I.L.Davie with a significant number of 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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