La Motte-Picquet was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Navy. She was the fourth French vessel named after the 18th Century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte. she was serving in the Persian Gulf. The ship was decommissioned in October 2020. Service history On 22 August 2007, she took custody of the Danish freighter which had been captured by pirates on 3 June. 2011/12 tour She left Brest on 9 November 2011 for active duty in the Indian Ocean and was refuelled by the US replenishment ship on 10 January 2012. On 22 January she passed through the Straits of Hormuz with the British frigate and a US battlegroup centred on the aircraft carrier . Opération Chammal In November 2015, a French Navy press release stated that La Motte-Picquet will be part of the task force launching strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant starting January 2016. Tracking Russian warships In March 2016, La Motte-Picquet shadowed the , an oiler and a tugboat as it passed near French waters. British-French CJEF In April 2016, La Motte-Picquet was part of the Anglo-French CJEF exercise. Gallery References Frégate La Motte-Picquet on netmarine.net External links Georges Leygues-class frigates Frigates of France 1985 ships Ships built in France