The "Astrée" was an "Aurore" class submarine of the
Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940. She was renamed "UF-3" on 13 May 1941, but never completed during the German occupation of France.
She was recaptured and completed under her original name. The "Astrée" was taken out of service in 1962, and striken on 27 November 1965 as the Q404.
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