French ship Astrolabe

Updated on Dec 09, 2023

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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

Boussole (1781) was briefly named Astrolabe in 1785

Astrolabe (1817) of Dumont d'Urville (1817), a converted horse-carrying fluyt

Coquille (1812), a 14-gun corvette, was renamed Astrolabe in 1825.

Astrolabe, a hydrograph ship, lead ship of her class

Astrolabe, a hydrographic ship, formerly the German Zieten

L'Astrolabe (1986), an icebreaker built as Fort Resolution and renamed in 1988

L'Astrolabe (2016), a new icebreaker under construction As of 2016

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