Английская Википедия:French frigate La Motte-Picquet
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsLa Motte-Picquet was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Navy. She was the fourth French vessel named after the 18th Century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte. Шаблон:Asof she was serving in the Persian Gulf. The ship was decommissioned in October 2020.[1]
Service history
On 22 August 2007, she took custody of the Danish freighter Шаблон:MV which had been captured by pirates on 3 June.
2011/12 tour
She left Brest on 9 November 2011 for active duty in the Indian Ocean and was refuelled by the US replenishment ship Шаблон:USNS on 10 January 2012.[2] On 22 January she passed through the Straits of Hormuz with the British frigate Шаблон:HMS and a US battlegroup centred on the aircraft carrier Шаблон:USS.[3]
Opération Chammal
In November 2015, a French Navy press release stated that La Motte-Picquet will be part of the Шаблон:Ship task force launching strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant starting January 2016.[4]
Tracking Russian warships
In March 2016, La Motte-Picquet shadowed the Шаблон:Ship, an oiler and a tugboat as it passed near French waters.[5]
British-French CJEF
In April 2016, La Motte-Picquet was part of the Anglo-French CJEF exercise.[6]
Gallery
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The F70 type frigates are equipped with a Variable Depth Sonar type DUBV43 or DUBV43C.
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Operational Center of La Motte-Picquet (7 February 2001).
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Gunnery crew of La Motte-Picquet, in front of the Crotale anti-air missile launcher
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Shooting exercises with an ANF1, from the bridge.
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WEAPONS crew of La Motte-Picquet.
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Patch of La Motte Picquet.
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La Motte-Picquet in Cobh, Ireland, 12 June 2014.
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La Motte-Picquet in Cobh, Ireland, 12 June 2014.
References
- Frégate La Motte-Picquet on netmarine.net
External links
Шаблон:Georges Leygues class frigate
