NAVYPEDIA

Photo

Kaba 1919 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

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

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	665
Displacement full, t	850
Length, m	79.2 pp 83.6 oa
Breadth, m	7.30
Draught, m	2.30
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 4-cyl VTE, 4 Kampon boilers
Power, h. p.	9500
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	coal 100 + oil 137
Endurance, nm(kts)	1600(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 120/40 41-shiki, 4 x 1 - 76/40 41-shiki, 2 x 2 - 450 TT
Complement	92

Standard scale images

Graphics

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.