Japanese destroyer Sakaki (1915)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Sakaki |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 15 February 1915 |
| Completed | 26 March 1915 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1932 |
| Stricken | November 1931 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kaba-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draught | 7 ft 9 in (2.4 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 92 |
| Armament |
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Sakaki (榊, "Sakaki Tree" Cleyera japonica) was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. While operating in the Aegean Sea, Sakaki was torpedoed by an Austro-Hungarian U-boat in 1917.
Design and description
The Kaba-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding
kW) that gave the ships maximum speeds of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).[3] They carried a maximum of 100 long tons (102 t) of coal and 137 long tons (139 t) of oil which gave them a range of 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at speeds of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 92 officers and ratings.[4]
The main armament of the Kaba-class ships consisted of single
bows. They were also armed with four QF 3-inch (76 mm) guns on single mounts. Two guns were positioned abreast the middle funnel, one gun was on the aft superstructure and the fourth gun was on the stern. The destroyers' torpedo armament consisted of two twin rotating mounts[4] for 450-millimetre (17.7 in)[5] torpedoes located between the superstructure and the stern gun.[4]
Construction and career
Sakaki was
launched on 15 February 1915 at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal[1] and completed on 26 March.[4] During World War I the ship patrolled the area around Singapore[2] and later served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.[6]
While part of the
Notes
References
- ^ a b c Friedman 1985, p. 242
- ^ a b c Todaka, et al., p. 215
- ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 248
- ^ a b c d e f Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 135
- ^ Friedman 2011, p. 349
- ^ Halpern, p. 393
- ^ a b Evans & Peattie 2015, p. 169.
- ^ Tucker & Mary 2005, p. 1069.
- ^ Saxon 2000, p. 62.
- ^ "Imtarfa Military Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Bibliography
- Evans, David C. & ISBN 978-1-61251-425-3.
- ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- ISBN 978-1-85728-498-0.
- Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- "Our Allies in their Common Cause". OCLC 9405688. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Saxon, Timothy D. (Winter 2000). "Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 1914–1918". OCLC 01779130. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- Todaka, Kazushige; Fukui, Shizuo; Eldridge, Robert D. & Leonard, Graham B. (2020). Destroyers: Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum; the Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui's Photos of Japanese Warships. Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-630-8.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-420-2.
- Watts, Anthony J. & Gordon, Brian G. (1971). The Imperial Japanese Navy. London: Macdonald. ISBN 0-35603-045-8.
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