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. Design and description. The "Framée"s had an overall length of , a beam of , and a maximum draft of . They displaced at deep load. The two triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, produced a total of , using steam provided by four water-tube boilers. The ships had a designed speed of , but they reached during their sea trials. The ships carried enough coal to give them a range of at . Their complement  consisted of four officers and forty-four enlisted men. The "Framée"-class ships were armed with a single gun forward of the bridge and six Hotchkiss guns, three on each broadside. They were fitted with two single torpedo tubes, one between the funnels and the other on the stern. Two reload torpedoes were also carried. 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. 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 off Cape St. Vincent. "Framée" sank quickly, with 36 of her crew of 50 killed.