NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Framée	M4		A C de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire	1897	21.10.1899	1900	collision 11.8.1900
Yatagan	M5		A C de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire	1897	20.7.1900	10/1900	collision 3.11.1916
Pique	M6		F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	1897	31.3.1900	5/1901	stricken 1.1921
Epée	M7		F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	1897	27.7.1900	7/1901	stricken 10.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	314
Displacement full, t
Length, m	58.1
Breadth, m	6.30
Draught, m	3.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	4800 - 5200
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	coal 79
Endurance, nm(kts)	2050(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 380 TT
Complement	48

Project history

These differed from the Durandal mainly in having four boilers and four funnels. The weights were also redistributed to give a higher centre of gravity, but this led to instability. Pique especially had too much topweight, and the mainmasts and aft control positions were removed from each ship. They had problems reaching their designed speed on trials.

Modernizations

1908, all survived: mainmast was removed

1915, some survived: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885 AA

1916, some survived: - 1 x 1 - 65/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT (6 - 12 DC)

1917, some survived: + 1 x 1 - 8.80

1918, some survived: - 1 DCT

Naval service

Framée was rammed and sunk by battleship Brennus 11.8.1900 off Cape St. Vincent. Yatagan sank 3.11.1916 after collision with British s/s Teviot off Dieppe.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.