Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrolabe, after the instrument astrolabe Ships of La Pérouse (1781), a converted fluyt was briefly named Astrolabe in 1785 of Dumont d'Urville (1817), a converted horse-carrying fluyt , a 14-gun corvette, was renamed Astrolabe in 1825. , a hydrograph ship, lead ship of her class , 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 Notes References Bibliography French Navy ship names