French destroyer Yatagan
Yatagan was one of four s built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century. During the First World War, she was sunk after a collision with a British cargo ship in 1916. 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 "Yatagan" reached during her sea trials on  5 October 1900. 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. "Yatagan" 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 20 July 1800. The ship served on fishery protection duties during the war. While thus engaged, she collided with the British steamer "Teviot" and sank in the English Channel off Dieppe, France, on 3 November 1916.