French destroyer Framée

Sister ship Pique
History
France
Name:	Framée
Namesake:	Migration Period spear
Builder:	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire
Laid down:	1897
Launched:	21 October 1899
Fate:	Sunk in collision 11 August 1900
General characteristics
Class and type:	Framée-class destroyer
Displacement:	319 t (314 long tons)
Length:	58.2 m (190 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam:	6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft:	3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)
Installed power:	4 water-tube boilers 4,800–5,200 ihp (3,600–3,900 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range:	2,055 nmi (3,806 km; 2,365 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	48
Armament:	1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × single 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Framée was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.

On 11 August 1900 Framée was part of the French Mediterranean squadron, which was returning from exercises in the English Channel, when she collided with the battleship Brennus off Cape St. Vincent. Framée sank quickly, with 36 of her crew of 50 killed.^[1][2][3]

References

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