Allied Warships
HMCS Ville de Quebec (K 242)
Corvette of the Flower class
HMCS Ville de Quebec during the war.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 242 |
| Built by | Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 7 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 12 Nov 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 May 1942 |
| End service | 6 Jul 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 6 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Ville de Quebec (K 242)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt.Cdr. Douglas George Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR | 28 Apr 1942 | 29 Sep 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Ian Hunter Bell, RCNVR | 30 Sep 1942 | 11 Oct 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Albert Robert Ernmest Coleman, RCNR | 12 Oct 1942 | 12 Jun 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. John LeMesurier Carter, RCNVR | 13 Jun 1943 | 11 Mar 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Colin Stinson Glassco, RCNVR | 12 Mar 1944 | 1 May 1944 |
| 6 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry Clifford Hatch, RCNVR | 2 May 1944 | 6 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Ville de Quebec include:
26 Jun 1942
HrMs O 15 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) departed Halifax for Pictou. She was escorted by the Canadian corvettes HMCS Ville de Quebec (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR) and HMCS Port Arthur (T/Lt. E.T. Simmons, DSC, RCNVR). (1)
28 Oct 1942
HMCS Alberni (Lt. I.H. Bell, RCNVR) and HMCS Ville de Quebec (T/Lt.Cdr. A.R.E. Coleman, RCNR) together pick up 81 survivors from the British whale factory ship Sourabaya that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day in the North Atlantic in position 54°32'N, 31°02'W by German U-boat U-436
13 Jan 1943
German U-boat U-224 was sunk in the western Mediterranean west of Algiers, in position 36°28'N, 00°49'E, by ramming and depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Ville de Quebec (T/Lt.Cdr. A.R.E. Coleman, RCNR).
25 Jul 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) conducted A/S exercises with HMCS Wentworth (T/Lt.Cdr. R.J.C. Pringle, RCNVR) and HMCS Ville de Quebec (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.C. Hatch, RCNVR). (2)
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Sources
- File 2.12.03.6396 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- File 2.12.03.6400 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)