Japanese destroyer Sakura (1911)

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Sakura.

Destroyer Sakura at Sasebo, 1918
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Sakura
Builder	Maizuru Navy Dockyard
Laid down	March 1911
Launched	20 December 1911
Commissioned	21 May 1912
Fate	Scrapped 1933
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	605 tons normal 830 tons full load
Length	83.6 m (274 ft)
Beam	7.3 m (24 ft)
Draught	2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Propulsion	reciprocating engines, 9,500 ihp (7,100 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	92
Armament	1 × 120 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns 4 × 76 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns 4 × 457 mm torpedo tubes

Sakura was a Template:Sclass- of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built under the 1910 Programme as a 2nd Class destroyer.

Design

Sakura and her sister ship Tachibana were at first planned to be large ocean-going vessels however due to financial problems they were redesigned to a smaller type. Unlike the preceding Template:Sclass-, which was powered by Parsons turbines, Tachibana was installed with vertical expansion engines.

Service

The ship, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, was launched in 1911, completed in 1912, and entered service shortly afterward. After 20 years of service, Sakura was decommissioned in 1932 and scrapped in 1933.

References

• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946