French ship Beautemps-Beaupré

Five French Navy ships have been named after the hydrographer Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré:

• Beautemps-Beaupré (1872), a third class cruiser (1 200 t, 63 m) (1872 - 1896)
• the former patrol boat D'Estaing (1 100 t, 64 m), built during the First World War, converted to a hydrographic vessel in 1919-20, decommissioned 1935
• a hydrographic ship derived from a colonial aviso of the Dumont-D'Urville type, scuttled in 1940 before completion (2 000 t, 106 m)
• the former aviation tender Sans Souci, turned into an escort vessel on the Liberation, then a hydrographic aviso (2 000 t, 95 m) (1946 - 1969)
• French ship Beautemps-Beaupré (2002)