Kaba 1915
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 樺 [Kaba] | Yokosuka K K | 12.1914 | 6.2.1915 | 3.1915 | sold 11.1931 | ||
| 柏 [Kashiwa] | 247 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 11.1914 | 14.2.1915 | 4.1915 | sold 11.1931 | |
| 松 [Matsu] | 248 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 11.1914 | 5.3.1915 | 4.1915 | sold 11.1931 | |
| 桂 [Katsura] | Kure K K | 12.1914 | 4.3.1915 | 3.1915 | sold 11.1931 | ||
| 楓 [Kaede] | Maizuru K K | 10.1914 | 20.2.1915 | 3.1915 | sold 11.1931 | ||
| 桐 [Kiri] | Uraga, Tokyo | 11.1914 | 28.2.1915 | 3.1915 | sold 11.1931 | ||
| 楠 [Kusunoki] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 11.1914 | 5.3.1915 | 3.1915 | sold 11.1931 | ||
| 梅 [Ume] | Sasebo K K | 11.1914 | 27.2.1915 | 3.1915 | sold 11.1931 | ||
| 榊 [Sakaki] | Sasebo K K | 11.1914 | 15.2.1915 | 3.1915 | sold 11.1931 | ||
| 杉 [Sugi] | Mitsubishi, Yokohama | 11.1914 | 16.2.1915 | 4.1915 | sold 11.1931 |
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Displacement normal, t |
665 |
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Displacement full, t |
850 |
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Length, m |
79.2 pp 83.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.30 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 4-cyl VTE, 4 Kampon boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
9500 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 100 + oil 137 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1600(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 120/40 41-shiki, 4 x 1 - 76/40 41-shiki, 2 x 2 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
92 |
Project history: 2nd class destroyers, built under the War Programme of 1914. The design was developed on the basis of destroyer Sakura. Possessed limited combat abilities, however differed by cheapness and thanks to simplified construction have been built very quickly. The latter forced French Government to order in Japan 12 more similar ships of Algerien class for own navy. These destroyers became the first rather large warships built in Japan on export.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: 11.6.1917 Sakaki NE off Cengotto (Mediterranean) received heavy damages from explosion of torpedo from Austrian submarine U27 but has been repaired and commissioned again. All ships have returned to Japan late 1919. Matsu and Kashiwa were damaged 1.9.1923 by earthquake but repaired.
Kaba 1919
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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