French destroyer Pique

History
Pique
France
Name:	Pique
Namesake:	Pike
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down:	1897
Launched:	31 March 1900
Struck:	28 January 1921
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 28 July 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:	4 water-tube boilers 4,800–5,200 ihp (3,600–3,900 kW)
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

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

References

Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

Framée-class destroyers

Framée Pique Yatagan Épée

Preceded by: Durandal class Followed by: Pertuisane class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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