French destroyer Épée (1900)

For other ships with the same name, see French destroyer Épée.

Sister ship Pique
History
France
Name	Epée
Namesake	Épée
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down	1897
Launched	27 July 1900
Stricken	1 October 1920
Fate	Sold for scrap, 8 January 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
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

Epée was a Template:Sclass- built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.

Bibliography

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• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)