The Perle (S606), the first-generation nuclear attack submarine of the French Navy, severely damaged by the fire last year will be reborn by cutting it in two and welding the salvageable half to part of another decommissioned submarine. According to CNN, The damaged Perle was moved from Toulon to Cherbourg on a semi-submersibile ship in December. Workers cut the Perle in half in February and did the same to the Saphir in March, according to a news release from French shipbuilder Naval Group.
