French frigate Latouche-Tréville
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Latouche-Tréville was a F70 type anti-submarine destroyer of the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" for its ships. Thus, some large ships, referred to as "frégates" in French, are registered as destroyers. And additionally, some minor ships, referred to as "avisos" in French, are registered as frigates.
She was the third French vessel named after the 18-19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville.
Service history
File:FS Latouche Treville (D 646).jpg
In November 2006 and again in June 2010, Latouche-Tréville visited London on diplomatic duties, and was moored alongside the Second World War cruiser, {{HMS|Belfast|C35|6}}.
In mid 2009, she was filmed in stormy seas as part of the documentary Oceans.{{cite web |title=Oceans (2009) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765128/combined |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=14 September 2015}} In late 2009, while attached to an international force of NATO vessels, Latouche-Tréville visited Portsmouth Naval Base in the United Kingdom with vessels of the Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish and Turkish navies.
On 15 October 2012, the frigate was moored at Leith Docks in Scotland.
On 18 April 2015, she escorted a replica of the 18th century sailing ship {{ship|French frigate|Hermione|1779|2}} as it departed La Rochelle, France on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to Yorktown, Virginia in the United States. Latouche-Tréville returned to Brest with the ship on 10 August.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32350305|title=Replica 18th Century French frigate sails for US |work=BBC News |date=18 April 2015 |last=Schofield |first=Hugh |access-date=14 September 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-32371243 |title=Replica French warship recreates historic voyage to US |work=BBC News |date=18 April 2015 |access-date=14 September 2015}} In May, Latouche-Tréville was among a dozen surface vessels and four submarines that took part in NATO's annual "Dynamic Mongoose" military exercise. Amid rising tensions with Russia, the two-week event in Norwegian waters saw ships under NATO command conducting a variety of anti-submarine warfare operations.{{cite web |url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_119146.htm |title=Anti-submarine warfare exercise 'Dynamic Mongoose' starts off Norwegian coast |publisher=North Atlantic Treaty Organization |date=4 May 2015 |access-date=14 September 2015}} On 4 June, she was moored again at Leith Docks in Scotland.
On 9 January 2020, the vessel suffered damage in a storm soon after departing from Brest, and returned to port the next day with her top mast missing. The incident also destroyed an electronic warfare pod and damaged the starboard SYRACUSE system.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/brest-29200/fortune-de-mer-pour-la-fregate-latouche-treville-6685049|title=Fortune de mer pour la frégate Latouche-Tréville|date=11 January 2020|website=Ouest-France|language=fr|access-date=26 March 2022}} As of 2020, with the retirement of her sister ship {{ship|French frigate|La Motte-Picquet||2}}, Latouche-Tréville was the last vessel of her class in service.
In March 2022, the frigate deployed to the Baltic Sea for exercises with other NATO navies. On the deployment the ship embarked an older Alouette III helicopter. She returned to Brest in June 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/la-fregate-latouche-treville-est-rentree-a-brest-a-l-issue-de-son-ultime-mission |title=La frégate Latouche-Tréville est rentrée à Brest à l'issue de son ultime mission |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=14 June 2022 |access-date=15 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://seawaves.com/?p=20305 |title=Latouche-Tréville Rraining [sic] With NATO Allies in the Baltic |work=Seawaves Magazine |date=23 March 2022 |access-date=26 March 2022}}
The frigate was withdrawn from service on 1 July 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/fin-du-latouche-treville-la-marine-nationale-tourne-la-page-des-fregates-du-type-f70 |title=Fin du Latouche-Tréville : la Marine nationale tourne la page des frégates du type F70 |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=5 July 2022 |access-date=6 July 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/la-fregate-latouche-treville-poursuit-son-ultime-mission-en-baltique-sous-pavillon-otan |title=La frégate Latouche-Tréville poursuit son ultime mission en Baltique sous pavillon OTAN |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=20 May 2022 |access-date=24 May 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/la-cession-du-latouche-treville-a-la-roumanie-ecartee |title=La cession du Latouche-Tréville à la Roumanie écartée |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |language=fr |date=19 April 2022 |access-date=20 April 2022 |url-access=subscription}}
References
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External links
- Clip of {{YouTube| YuIO4Cyni-w | "D 646 Latouche Treville"}} in the documentary Oceans
- {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dlXmuYuAYc |title=Eternal Father Strong to Save |work=YouTube |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=26 March 2022}} Video of ship in heavy seas
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Category:Georges Leygues-class frigates