Template:Class box Georges Leygues frigate

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La Motte Picquet
La Motte Picquet

[edit] Georges Leygues (Type F70) class frigate

  • Builders: Flag of France France
  • Type: Anti-submarine warfare guided missile frigate
  • Displacement: 4,500 tons
  • Aircraft: 2 Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters
  • Armament: 4 Exocet MM38 SSM; 26 Crotale SAM; 4 Mistral SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 machineguns; 10 L5 torpedoes
  • Powerplant: CODOG arrangement; 2 Pielstick diesel engines plus 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines; 2 shafts; 52,000 hp total power
  • Speed: 30 knots
  • Range: 10,000 nmi at 15 knots
  • Ships in class: 7
  • Operator: Naval flag of France Marine Nationale
  • Commissioned: 1979
  • Fate: In active service