French destroyer Épée (1900)

History
France
Name: Epée
Namesake: Épée
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down: 1897
Launched: 27 July 1900
Struck: 1 October 1920
Fate: Sold for scrap, 8 January 1921
General characteristics
Class and type: Framée-class destroyer
Displacement: 319 t (314 long tons)
Length: 58.2 m (190 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam: 6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft: 3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range: 2,055 nmi (3,806 km; 2,365 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 48
Armament:
  • 1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × single 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Epée was a Framée-class destroyer built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.

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