Lamotte-Picquet (D 645)

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Career

General Characteristics
Displacement:	3550 t tonnes, 4500 tonnes fully loaded
Length:	139 m
Width:	14 m
Beam:
Draught:	5.80 m
Tirant d'air:	39.36 m
Propulsion:	CODOG (COmbined Diesel Or Gaz): 2 diesels Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD Diesel power: 5200 hp (3824 kW). TAG Motorisation : 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26000 hp (19120 kW). 2 propeller with 4 pitchable fins each Total power: 52000 hp (38240 kW).
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h) on TAG, 21 knots (39 km/h) on diesel
Range:	On TAG : 1000 nautical miles (1900 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) on diesel : 10000 nautical miles (1900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement:	20 officers 120 non-commissioned officers 95 men
Armament:	Anti-air: 1 Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored 2 Simbad systems - 2 x 2 Mistral missiles 1 CADAM 100 mm main gun 2 x 20 mm guns 4 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-surface: 4 Exocet MM38 missiles Anti-submarine: 10 L5 Mod4 torpedoes 2 L5 torpedo launchers 12 MK46 torpedoes for the Lynx WG13 helicopter
Electronic Warfare	Detection: 1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C 1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26 1 fire control radar DRBC 32E 2 navigation radar KH 1007 1 hull sonar DUBV 23 1 tugged sonar DUBV 43C Electronic Warfare: 2 radar intereceptors ARBR 16 2 Syllex chaff launchers Tactical information: SENIT 4 SEAO/OPSMER
Planes:	2 Lynx WG13 Mk4 helicopters, with each: 1 DUAV4 sonar Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data 12 MK46 torpedoes

The Lamotte-Picquet is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fourth French vessel named after the XVIIIth Century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte (for other ships, see French ship La Motte-Picquet).

There are seven ships in the F70 class :

D640 Georges Leygues
D641 Dupleix
D642 Montcalm
D643 Jean de Vienne
D644 Primauguet
D645 La Motte Picquet
D646 Latouche-Tréville

Note: The French navy doesn't use the term "destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.

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The Lamotte-Picquet, a Georges Leygues-class frigate	The F70 type frigates (here, the Lamotte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars	Operational Centre of the Lamotte-Picquet frigate.	gunnery crew of the Lamotte-Picquet frigate, in front of the Crotale anti-air missile launcher
shooting exercices with an ANF1 from the bridge of the Lamotte-Picquet frigate	Main gun (100 mm)