French submarine Flore

Flore as a museum ship at Lorient Submarine Base
History
France
Name	Flore
Builder	Direction des Constructions et Armes navales, Cherbourg
Laid down	19 June 1958
Launched	21 December 1960
Commissioned	21 May 1964
Decommissioned	29 March 1989
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Daphné-class submarine
Displacement	870 t (860 long tons) surfaced 1,043 t (1,027 long tons) dived
Length	57.75 m (189 ft 6 in)
Beam	6.74 m (22 ft 1 in)
Draft	5.25 m (17 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 generators of 450 kW SEMT Pielstick type 12PA1 or 12PA4 2 electric motors 1,000 hp 2 propellers
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) dived
Range	4,300 nmi (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) while snorkelling
Test depth	300 m (980 ft)
Complement	56
Sensors and processing systems	Radar DRUA 31 Sonar DUUA 2B Sonar DUUA1 Passive sonar DSUV 2 Acoustic rangefinder DUUX
Armament	12 torpedo tubes for 550 mm (22 in) torpedoes (8 at the bow, 4 at the stern)

Flore (S 645) was a Daphné-class submarine of the French Navy. Launched in 1960, it was in service from 1964 to 1989, primarily operating in the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2010, Flore has been used as a museum ship at the Lorient Submarine Base.