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the ''La Motte-Picquet''
Career	French Navy Ensign
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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