French ship Astrolabe explained

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

Ships

• of La Pérouse (1781), a converted fluyt^[1]
• was briefly named Astrolabe in 1785^[2]
• of Dumont d'Urville (1817), a converted horse-carrying fluyt
• , a 14-gun corvette, was renamed Astrolabe in 1825.^[3]
• , a hydrograph ship, lead ship of her class^[4]
• , a hydrographic ship, formerly the German Zieten
• , an icebreaker built as Fort Resolution and renamed in 1988
• , an icebreaker built in 2017

See also

• Astrolabe (disambiguation)

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 54.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 2. 54.

Notes and 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