French ship Beautemps-Beaupré (2002)
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The Beautemps-Beaupré is a ship of the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service
Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service
The Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service is a French administrative public body administered by the Ministry of Defence. It was set up by decree number 2007-800 on 11 May 2007...
, named after the hydrographer Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré
Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré
Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré was a French hydrographer, hydrographic engineer and cartographer. He was a member of the Académie des sciences and the Bureau des Longitudes and is held to be the father of modern French hydrography...
. It replaced the Espérance, decommissioned in 2000. It was launched on 26 April 2002 and entered service on 13 December 2003.