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 (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), 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

Notes

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.