French destroyer Framée

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

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:
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:

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. 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 enough 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.[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]

Construction and career

Framée was ordered from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire and the ship was laid down in 1897 at its shipyard in Nantes. The ship was launched on 21 October 1899.[2] On 11 August 1900 Framée was assigned to 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.[4][5]

References
  1. Couhat, p. 83
  2. Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 326
  3. Couhat, p. 81
  4. Leyland, p. 41
  5. Johnson, pp. 682–683

Bibliography
  • Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • Johnson, Alfred S., ed. (1900). "Disasters". The Cyclopedic Review of Current History. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Current History Company. 10: 682–683.
  • Leyland, John (1901). "The Progress of Foreign Navies". In Leyland, John (ed.). The Naval Annual, 1901. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co. pp. 33–70.

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