French destroyer Framée
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 Framée | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Framée |
| Namesake | Spear |
| Ordered | 27 October 1897 |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire |
| Laid down | 1897 |
| Launched | 29 June 1899 |
| Completed | June 1900 |
| Stricken | 26 October 1900 |
| Fate | Sunk in collision, 11 August 1900 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 | 3.02 m (9 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 1,541 nmi (2,854 km; 1,773 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 57 enlisted men |
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Framée was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century. Completed in mid-1900, she was sunk in a collision with the predreadnought battleship Brennus two months later with the loss of 47 men.
The Framées used the same hull design as the preceding Durandal class, but had a more powerful propulsion plant. The ships 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 3.02 meters (9 ft 11 in). They displaced 319 metric tons (314 long tons) at normal load. They were powered by a pair of triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four Normand boilers. The engines were designed to produce a total of 5,200 indicated horsepower (3,878 kW) to give the ships a speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph).[1] During her sea trials in early 1900, Framée reached a speed of 26.9 knots (49.8 km/h; 31.0 mph).[2] The ships carried enough coal to give them a range of 1,541 nautical miles (2,854 km; 1,773 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). Their complement consisted of 4 officers and 57 enlisted men.[1]
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 rotating 381-millimeter (15 in) torpedo tubes, one between the funnels and the other on the stern.[3]
