French destroyer Yatagan

Yatagan was one of four Framée-class destroyers 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 Framées had an overall length of 58.2 m, a beam of 6.31 m, and a maximum draft of 3.03 m. They displaced 319 t at deep load. The two triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, produced a total of 4200 - 5200 ihp, using steam provided by four water-tube boilers. The ships had a designed speed of 26 kn, but Yatagan reached 27.07 kn during her sea trials on 5 October 1900. The ships carried enough coal to give them a range of 2055 nmi at 10 kn. Their complement consisted of four officers and forty-four enlisted men.

The Framée-class ships were armed with a single 65 mm gun forward of the bridge and six 47 mm Hotchkiss guns, three on each broadside. They were fitted with two single 381 mm 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.