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:

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
  1. Leyland 1901, p. 41.
  2. Johnson 1900, pp. 682–683
  3. Couhat 1974, p. 83.

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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