HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) Halifax Class  Patrol Frigate "I will be worthy"

Blazon:Azure, on a base barry wavy of five argent and azure, an ancient ship or

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Motto: I will be worthy

Namesake City:Québec City, Québec (provincial capital, population: 671,889)

Battle Honours: Atlantic 1942-44; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942; Mediterranean 1943; English Channel 1994-45

Homeport: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Notes: This ship is the second to bear the name Ville de Québec.  The first was a Flower Class corvette commissioned in 1942.  She spent time assigned to the Western Local Escort Force and was paid off in 1945.  In January, 1943 while escorting a convoy off Algeria, Ville de Québec detected an enemy submarine.  After a depth charge attack, U-224 broke the surface and was rammed by the corvette and sunk.