French destroyer Framée

Framée
History
France
NameFramée
NamesakeSpear
Ordered27 October 1897
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire
Laid down1897
Launched29 June 1899
CompletedJune 1900
Stricken26 October 1900
FateSunk in collision, 11 August 1900
General characteristics
Class & typeFramée-class destroyer
Displacement319 t (314 long tons)
Length58.2 m (190 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft3.02 m (9 ft 11 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range1,541 nmi (2,854 km; 1,773 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement4 officers, 57 enlisted men
Armament

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.