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 (1782) was briefly named Astrolabe in 1785 ^{[1] [2]}
• Astrolabe (1811) 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), an icebreaker built in 2017

Ships of the French Navy named Astrolabe

• 
  Astrolabe and Boussole
• 
  Astrolabe (1817)
• 
  Astrolabe (1986)

See also

• Astrolabe (disambiguation)

Notes and references

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.54
2. Roche, vol.1, p.82
3. Roche, vol.1, p.128
4. Roche, vol.2, p.54

Bibliography

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