''Sakura'' was a of the

Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, Potsdam Declaration, when it was dissolved followin ...

, built under the 1910 Programme as a 2nd Class destroyer.

Design

''Sakura'' and her

sister ship A sister ship is a ship of the same Ship class, class or of virtually identical design to another ship. Such vessels share a nearly identical hull and superstructure layout, similar size, and roughly comparable features and equipment. They o ...

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 , which was powered by Parsons turbines, ''Tachibana'' was installed with vertical expansion engines.

Service

The ship, built at the

Maizuru Naval Arsenal was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. History The Maizuru Naval District was established at Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture in 1889, as the fourth of the naval districts responsible for the defen ...

, 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 Sakura-class destroyers 1912 ships Ships built by Maizuru Naval Arsenal {{Japan-mil-ship-stub