L'Astrolabe is a French icebreaker that is used to bring personnel and supplies to the Dumont d'Urville Station in Antarctica. The vessel, built by Chantiers Piriou and delivered in September 2017, re
L'Astrolabe in Concarneau, France, on 22 January 2017.
L'Astrolabe at work.
L'Astrolabe off the coast of Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean, 2021.
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The French Navy is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world recognised a
L'Astrolabe (2016 icebreaker)
…is owned and operated by the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) administration, the French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor (IPEV) and the French Navy. Since Chantiers Piriou had no experience of building an ice-going vessel, the French shipyard joined forces with the Finnish engineering company Aker…
Battle of Lagos, 1693.
Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781.
Battle of Navarino, 1827.
Battle of the Tagus, 1831.