French ship La Motte-Picquet
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Four ships of the French Navy
have been named in honour of the 18th century admiral count
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
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French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have been named in honour of the 18th century admiral count
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a French admiral.Aged fifteen, he joined the navy as a midshipman and served in Morocco, the Baltic Sea, the Caribbean Islands and in India. Noted for his strategic skills, he was called to Paris in 1775 to help the Secretary of State prepare the...
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- a 2nd class propeller avisoAvisoAn aviso , a kind of dispatch boat or advice boat, survives particularly in the French navy, they are considered equivalent to the modern sloop....
(1859); she was launched in Cherbourg and carried out numerous overseas missions (Africa, South Atlantic, Pacific, Indochina), notably evacuating 80 religious from MálagaMálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
in 1873. She was decommissioned in 1880. 736 tonnes, length of 54.55 m, width 8.52 m, beam 4.35 m, 4 140 mm guns, 878 m² of sails; 89 men; Mazeline Le Havre engine)
- a Hamelin type coast ferry (1919). She was built at the chantiers de la Loire and launched on the 26 September 1919. Used for ferry and escorts near the coast, she was renamed Adour on the 26 June 1922, and Alfred de Courcy in 1924. From 1934, she served for flying ship support. (700 tonnes; length 51.25 m, width 7.90 m, beam 4.25 m; 1 90 mm gun; 1200 HP; 12 knots; 2 boilers; 2 off. + 25 men)
- a The French cruiser La Motte-Picquet, of the Duguay-Trouin classDuguay-Trouin class cruiserThe three Duguay-Trouin class light cruisers were built for France in the early 1920s.The fate of these three ships after the French surrender illustrates the dichotomy within the French armed forces at the time: one ship was interned, then joined the Free French, another twice resisted Allied...
. Built from the 17 January 1923, commissioned 1 September 1926. On the 17 January 1941, she was the flagship of the division of Indochina, and won the Battle of Koh-ChangBattle of Koh ChangThe Battle of Koh Chang took place on 17 January 1941 during the French-Thai War and resulted in a decisive victory by the French over the Royal Thai Navy. During the battle, a flotilla of French warships attacked a smaller force of Thai vessels, including a coastal battleship.In the end, Thailand...
against the Siamese fleet (now Thaïland). She was sunk in January 1945 by US planes.
- The present La Motte-PicquetFS La Motte-PicquetLa Motte-Picquet is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fourth French vessel named after the 18th Century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte....
is an anti-submarine frigate of the F70 typeGeorges Leygues class frigateThe Georges Leygues class is a class of anti-submarine frigates of the French Navy. They are polyvalent , due to their Exocet and Crotale missile complement, making them especially suitable for defence of strategic positions, demonstrations, or highseas escorts.The superstructures were built as to...
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