Framée class
Class overview
NameFramée class
Operators French Navy
Preceded byDurandal class
Succeeded byRochefortais class
Built1897–1901
In service1900–1921
Completed4
Lost2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement319 t (314 long tons)
Length58.2 m (190 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range2,055 nmi (3,806 km; 2,365 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement48
Armament

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.[1] The ships carried up to 99 metric tons (97 long tons) of coal[2] 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.[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 381-millimeter (15 in) torpedo tubes, one between the funnels and the other on the stern.[2] Two reload torpedoes were also carried.[3]

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 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 July 27, 1900 August 1901 Struck October 1, 1920
Scrapped, 1921

Citations

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

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