L'Astrolabe
P 800
2017
(Klabautermann KLAX-14)
- Class: L'Astrolabe - 1 icebreaker of 2015
- Displacement: 2,028 tons light
- Dimensions: 236 x 52 x 16 ft.
- Machinery: 4 Wärtsilä 8L20 diesels, 6,400kW, two shafts = 16 knots
- Aircrft: Helipad and hangar
- Complement: 60
- Builder: Chantiers Piriou, Concarneau, France
- Keel Laid: 16 Dec 2015
- Launched: 22 Dec 2016
- Commissioned: Sep 2017
- Notes: Built for French Southern and Antarctic Lands administration to bring personnel and supplies to the Dumont d'Urville Station in Antarctica. Replaced her 1986-built namesake. Homeported in Réunion.
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