Framée-class destroyer
# Framée-class destroyer

The Framée class consisted of four destroyers built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. One ship was sunk in a collision shortly after completion, but the others served during the First World War. One ship was sunk in a collision with a British cargo ship in 1916, but the others survived the war to be discarded in 1920–1921.

## Design and description

The Framées had an overall length of 58.2 meters (190 ft 11 in), a beam of 6.31 meters (20 ft 8 in), and a maximum draft of 3.03 meters (9 ft 11 in). They displaced 319 metric tons (314 long tons) at deep load. The two triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, produced a total of 4,200–5,200 indicated horsepower (3,132–3,878 kW), using steam provided by four water-tube boilers which exhausted through four funnels. The ships had a designed speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph), but they reached 25.88–27.07 knots (47.93–50.13 km/h; 29.78–31.15 mph) during their sea trials. The ships carried up to 99 metric tons (97 long tons) of coal to give them a range of 2,055 nautical miles (3,806 km; 2,365 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Their complement consisted of four officers and forty-four enlisted men.

The Framée-class ships were armed with a single 65-millimeter (2.6 in) gun forward of the bridge and six 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns, three on each broadside. They were fitted with two single 381-millimeter (15 in) torpedo tubes, one between the funnels and the other on the stern. Two reload torpedoes were also carried.

## Ships

| Name | Builder | Launched | In Service | Fate |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Framée | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes | October 21, 1899 | June 20, 1900 | Sunk August 11, 1900 |
| Yatagan | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes | July 20, 1900 | October 1900 | Sunk November 3, 1916 |
| Pique | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre | March 31, 1900 | June 1901 | Struck January 28, 1921 Scrapped, 1921 |
| Épée | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre | July 27, 1900 | August 1901 | Struck October 1, 1920 Scrapped, 1921 |

## Citations

* 1 2 Couhat, p. 83
* 1 2 Campbell, p. 326
* ↑ Couhat, p. 81
