Latouche-Tréville is a F70 type

Georges Leygues class frigate

The 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...

 anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale

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...

. She is the third French vessel named after the 18-19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville

Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville

Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville was a French admiral and a hero of the American Revolutionary War and of the Napoleonic wars.-Early life:...

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Note: The French navy does not use the term "destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

" for its ships. Thus, some large ships, referred to as "frigates", are registered as destroyers.

Service history

In November 2006 and again in June 2010, Latouche Treville visited London on diplomatic duties, and was moored alongside the Second World War cruiser, . In the autumn of 2009, while attached to an international force of NATO vessels, Latouche Treville visited Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, with vessels of the Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish and Turkish navies.