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, a hydrograph ship, lead ship of her class[4]
- Astrolabe, a hydrographic ship, formerly the German Zieten[4]
- Astrolabe (1986), an icebreaker built as Fort Resolution and renamed in 1988[4]
- Astrolabe (2016), a new icebreaker under construction As of 2016[update]
Ships of the French Navy named Astrolabe
See also
Notes and References
Notes
References
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.
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