FS La Motte-Picquet
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| General Characteristics |
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| 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 gunsAnti-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 43CElectronic 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
La Motte-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-TrévilleNote: The French navy doesn't use the term "
destroyer" for its ships; hence some large ships, referred to as "
frigates", are registered as destroyers.
Image:Motte-Picquet-Profil.jpg|The Motte-Picquet, a Georges Leygues-class frigateImage:Motte-Picquet-tugged-sonar.jpg|The F70 type frigates (here, Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonarsImage:Motte-Picquet-PCNO.jpg|Operational Center of the Motte-Picquet frigate.Image:Motte-Picquet-Crotal.jpg|gunnery crew of the Motte-Picquet frigate, in front of the Crotale anti-air missile launcherImage:Motte-Picquet-ANF1.jpg|shooting exercices with an ANF1 from the bridge of the Motte-Picquet frigateImage:Motte-Picquet-turret.jpg|Main gun (100 mm)
