French fluyt Étoile (1767)

Career (France)
Builder: Nantes shipyard
General characteristics
Class and type: Fluyt used as storeship
Displacement: 480 tonnes
Length: 33.8 metres
Beam: 9.1 metres
Propulsion: Sail
Capacity: 8 officers and 108 men
Armour: timber

The Étoile ("Star") was a fluyt famous for being one of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's ships in his circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769, along with La Boudeuse. She was commanded by Francois Chenard de la Giraudais, and was the storeship of the expedition. She carried naturalist and physician Philibert Commerçon and astronomer Pierre-Antoine Veron.

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