French frigate La Motte-Picquet
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship La Motte-Picquet.
La 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. As of January 2012[update] she was serving in the Persian Gulf. The ship was decommissioned in October 2020.[3]
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Name | La Motte-Picquet |
Namesake | Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte |
Builder | Brest arsenal |
Laid down | 12 February 1982 |
Launched | 6 February 1985 |
Commissioned | 18 February 1988 |
Decommissioned | 13 October 2020[1] |
Status | Retired |
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Class and type | Georges Leygues-class frigate |
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Length | 139 m (456 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Height | 39.36 m (129 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
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