French Frigate La Motte-Picquet (D645)

French Frigate La Motte-Picquet (D645)

La 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. As of January 2012 she is serving in the Persian Gulf.

On 22 August 2007, she took custody of the Danish freighter Danica White which had been captured by pirates on the 3 June.

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