French ship Astrolabe

Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrolabe, after the instrument astrolabe

Ships

Astrolabe (1781) of La Pérouse (1781), a converted fluyt^[1]
Boussole (1781) was briefly named Astrolabe in 1785^[1]^[2]
Astrolabe (1817) of Dumont d'Urville (1817), a converted horse-carrying fluyt^[1]
Coquille (1812), a 14-gun corvette, was renamed Astrolabe in 1825.^[1]^[3]
Astrolabe (1918), a hydrograph ship, lead ship of her class^[4]
Astrolabe (1945), a hydrographic ship, formerly the German Zieten^[4]
L'Astrolabe (1986 icebreaker), an icebreaker built as Fort Resolution and renamed in 1988^[4]
L'Astrolabe (2016 icebreaker), a new icebreaker under construction As of 2016

Ships of the French Navy named Astrolabe

Astrolabe (1986)

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 54. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 54. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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