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The ''Flore'' was a 44-gun ''Armide'' class frigate of the French Navy. In 1808, she was part of Ganteaume's squadron that cruised in the Mediterranean. On 12 March 1811, she was part of Bernard Dubourdieu's squadron sailing to raid the British commerce raider base of the island of Lissa. The squadron encountered William Hoste's frigate squadron, leading to the Battle of Lissa. In the ensuing fight, ''Flore'' was distanced by her flagship ''Favorite'', which engaged the British flagship HMS ''Amphion'', and ran aground. ''Flore'' and ''Bellona'' caught on and engaged ''Amphion'' in a crossfire. ''Amphion'' outmanoeuvered ''Flore'' and raked her for ten minutes, after which ''Flore'' struck her colours. The battle still raging, the British failed to send a capture crew aboard, and ''Flore'' eventually joined the surviving ''Carolina'' and ''Danaé'' and fleeing to Ragusa. ''Flore'' was wrecked in a tempest off Chioggia on 30 November 1811, with the loss of 75. Her commanding officer, Frigate Captain Lissilour, was acquitted by the court martial. A 1/48 shipyard model of the ''Flore'', originally part of the "Trianon collection", is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. Image:Flore img 0338.jpg ==Sources and references== * * (BATAILLE DE LISSA ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French frigate Flore (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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