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 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 6 July 1945. Commanding Officers: Lt. Ian Hunter Bell, RCNVR T/Lt.Cdr. Albert Robert Ernmest Coleman, RCNR T/Lt. J.L. Carter, RCNR T/Lt. Colin Stinson Glassco, RCNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry Clifford Hatch, RCNVR |
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 | J. L. 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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Noteable events involving Ville de Quebec include:
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 54º32'N, 31º02'W by the German submarine U-436
13 Jan 1943
The German submarine U-224 was sunk in the western Mediterranean west of Algiers, in position 36º28'N, 00º49'E, by ramming and depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Ville de Quebec (T/Lt.Cdr. A.R.E. Coleman, RCNR). (see map)