Belle:La Motte-Picquet

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Type	Light Cruiser
Class	Duguay-Trouin
Nation	France
Voice	Claire Dodin
Level 1 HP	7874
Level 1 Weight Cap	990
Vestures to Rescue	12 (11)
Traits	Proud Just

Though she scored a decisive victory over the Thai Navy at Ko Chang, the Japanese mediated a swift end to the Franco-Thai War and negated her gains. She served as a training hulk until American aircraft destroyed her in 1945.

— In-game description

La Motte-Picquet is a French Belle available at the start of the game, September '39

Vestures

Vesture Type	Vesture Name	XP	Stat 1	Stat 2
Accoutrement	Partagás Cigars (Perfectos Finos)	400	Quarterdeck Pattern Size	None
Good Luck Charm	Lotus Flower	1100	Torpedo Damage: TB2	None
Honor	Médaille d'honneur (Vermeil)	400	Quarterdeck Depth	None
Library	André Breton, Manifeste du surréalisme	1100	Gun Range Dispersion: LB3	None
Music	Yvette Guilbert, "La Fiacre"	400	Torpedo Damage: TB1	None
Recreation	Ruou Can	1100	Director Night Operations: MB1	None

Where Vestures Drop

Campaign Maps are permanent. Event Maps may no longer be available, see their active dates. An Event Map with no dates lacks start/end data.

HQ Level	Map Name	Map Type	Start	End
20	The Battle of Bangkok	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
35	The Sulu Sea Patrol	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
115	The Bitter Liberation	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
15	The Blockade That Wasn't	Event Map	2023-03-09	2023-03-24

Stock Stats

Level 1 Hull Points	7874
Speed	34
Refit Capacity	59
Weight capacity	990
Reserves	5
Waterline Length	575.131
Mean Beam	45.144
Mean Height	59.75
Sortie Cost	8
Compartments	7
Horizontal Armor: Citadel	0.787
Horizontal Armor: Conn	0.984
Horizontal Armor: Fore & Aft	0.5
Horizontal Armor: Superstructure	0.5
Vertical Armor: Barbette	0.5
Vertical Armor: Citadel	0.787
Vertical Armor: Conn	0.984
Vertical Armor: Fore & Aft	0.5
Vertical Armor: Superstructure	0.5

Starting Equipment

Main Battery 1

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Type 10,000-tonnes
Rangekeeper	Mle 1923
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
Centerline	2	4x 155mm/50 Mle 1920

Main Battery 2

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Not Equipped
Rangekeeper	Not Equipped
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
N/A	N/A	--

Main Battery 3

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Not Equipped
Rangekeeper	Not Equipped
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
N/A	N/A	--

Light Battery I-III

Group	Position	Light Gun
I	Centerline	4x 75mm/50 Mle 1922
II	Wing	6x 13.2mm/76 Mle 1929
III	N/A	Not Equipped

Torpedoes

ASDIC	N/A
Quarterdeck	N/A
Torpedo #1	4x 55cm 23DT Triple Duguay-Trouin Wing
Torpedo #2	N/A
Torpedo #3	N/A

Aircraft

Hangar Limit	Unknown
Hangar 1	2x Gourdou-Leseurre GL-812 HY
Hangar 2	N/A
Hangar 3	N/A
Hangar 4	N/A
Deck Limit	Unknown
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Air Warning RDF	N/A

Character Information

Personality and traits

She is depicted as a fashionable and adventurous Belle. Her hobby is photography.

Tombstone quotes

Heroic	She left behind pictures of the world as she saw it. It's the only immortality she ever wanted.
Tragic	It was not the death she would have wanted, but somehow she made it graceful.

Character Trivia

• Her dress resembles a Vietnamese ao dai.

Voice Lines

See La Motte-Picquet/VoiceLines.

In-Game Historical Information

Commissioned	1927
Service	3.05.1927 - 1.12.1945
Namesake	Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
Sisters	Two
Notable Sisters	None
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient Lorient, France
Fate	Sunk

History Trivia

• Lamotte-Piquet on Wikipedia.