L'Astrolabe (2016 icebreaker)
French icebreaker used to bring supplies to the Dumont d'Urville Station in Antarctica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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, replaced the 1986-built vessel of the same name.
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L'Astrolabe in Concarneau, France, on 22 January 2017 | |
France | |
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Name | L'Astrolabe |
Namesake | Astrolabe |
Owner | French Southern and Antarctic Lands administration |
Port of registry | Concarneau, France |
Ordered | June 2015 |
Builder | |
Cost | 50 million euro |
Yard number | C325 |
Launched | 22 December 2016[1] |
Christened | 12 July 2017[2] |
Completed | September 2017[3] |
Homeport | Réunion[4] |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Icebreaker |
Tonnage | |
Length | 72 m (236 ft) |
Beam | 16 m (52 ft) |
Ice class | BV Icebreaker 5 |
Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 8L20 (4 × 1,600 kW) |
Propulsion | Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers |
Endurance | 35 days at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Capacity |
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Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
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