Scuttling the Navy August 29, 1943:

Submarines DRYADEN
and FLORA

By Søren Nørby, arts student

The submarines FLORA and DRYADEN were both scuttled at the Royal Dockyard on August 29th. Both submarines were decommissioned, laid up in reserve.

Due to shallow water, FLORA could not be completely flooded.

FLORA was raised on November 1st, and DRYADEN was raised twelve days later.

Neither was used by the Germans, and they were found at the Royal Dockyard in May, 1945.

Both were subsequently scrapped; DRYADEN in 1946 and FLORA in 1952.

The submarine DRYADEN

The submarine FLORA

(Photos: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Scuttling the Navy August 29, 1943:

Submarines DRYADEN and FLORA

Submarines DRYADEN
and FLORA