''La Motte-Picquet'' was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

. She was the fourth French vessel named after the 18th Century admiral

count Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte,In the 18th century, spelling could vary and the name is sometimes spelt "Piquet" and "La Mothe" also known as La Motte-Picquet (born 1 November 1720 in Rennes; died 10 June 1791 in Brest) was a Frenc ...

. she was serving in the Persian Gulf. The ship was decommissioned in October 2020.

Service history

On 22 August 2007, she took custody of the Danish freighter which had been captured by pirates on 3 June.

2011/12 tour

She left

Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress * Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria * Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France ** Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Br ...

on 9 November 2011 for active duty in the Indian Ocean and was refuelled by the US replenishment ship on 10 January 2012. On 22 January she passed through the

Straits of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz ( fa, تنگه هرمز ''Tangeh-ye Hormoz'' ar, مَضيق هُرمُز ''Maḍīq Hurmuz'') is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the o ...

with the British frigate and a US battlegroup centred on the aircraft carrier .

Opération Chammal

In November 2015, a

press release stated that ''La Motte-Picquet'' will be part of the task force launching strikes against the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...

starting January 2016.

Tracking Russian warships

In March 2016, ''La Motte-Picquet'' shadowed the , an oiler and a tugboat as it passed near French waters.

British-French CJEF

In April 2016, ''La Motte-Picquet'' was part of the Anglo-French CJEF exercise.

Gallery

Motte-Picquet-tugged-sonar.jpg, The F70 type frigates are equipped with a

Variable Depth Sonar A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a cable that can be kilometers long, keeps the array's sensors away from the ship's own noise sour ...

type DUBV43 or DUBV43C. Motte-Picquet-PCNO.jpg, Operational Center of ''La Motte-Picquet'' (7 February 2001). Motte-Picquet-Crotal.jpg, Gunnery crew of ''La Motte-Picquet'', in front of the Crotale anti-air missile launcher Motte-Picquet-ANF1.jpg, Shooting exercises with an ANF1, from the bridge. Motte-Picquet-turret.jpg, WEAPONS crew of ''La Motte-Picquet''. Ecussion du La Motte Picquet.jpg, Patch of ''La Motte Picquet''. La Motte-Picquet (frégate) 01.TIF, ''La Motte-Picquet'' in Cobh, Ireland, 12 June 2014. La Motte-Picquet (frégate) 03.TIF, ''La Motte-Picquet'' in Cobh, Ireland, 12 June 2014.

References

Frégate ''La Motte-Picquet''
on netmarine.net

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:La Motte-Picquet Georges Leygues-class frigates Frigates of France 1985 ships Ships built in France