The Framée class consisted of four destroyers built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. One ship was sunk in a collision shortly after completion, but the others served during the First World War. One ship was sunk in a collision with a British cargo ship in 1916, but the others survived the war to be discarded in 1920–1921.
Design and description The Framées 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 which exhausted through four funnels. The ships had a designed speed of , but they reached during their sea trials. The ships carried up to of coalCampbell, p. 326 to give them a range of at . Their complement consisted of four officers and forty-four enlisted men.Couhat, p. 83
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.Couhat, p. 81
Ships Name Builder Launched In service FateAteliers et Chantiers de la Loire, NantesOctober 21, 1899June 20, 1900Sunk August 11, 1900July 20, 1900October 1900Sunk November 3, 1916Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le HavreMarch 31, 1900June 1901Struck January 28, 1921 Scrapped, 1921July 27, 1900August 1901Struck October 1, 1920Scrapped, 1921
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