Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1899)

Sazanami (漣, "Ripples") was an Ikazuchi-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was one of the smallest and oldest destroyers of the Japanese navy.[2] Only being 220 feet long, which made 30 to 32 knots and capable of 6000 horsepower.[3]

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Sazanami.
Sazanami at Yokosuka, 1900
History
Empire of Japan
NameSazanami
BuilderYarrow & Company
Laid down1 June 1897
Launched8 July 1899[1]
Completed28 August 1899
Decommissioned1 April 1928
FateSunk as target ship, 1917
General characteristics
Class and typeIkazuchi-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 305 long tons (310 t) normal,
  • 410 long tons (420 t) full load
Length
  • 67.2 m (220 ft) pp,
  • 68.4 m (224 ft) overall
Beam6.2 m (20 ft)
Draught1.57 m (5.2 ft)
Propulsion2-shaft reciprocating, 4 Yarrow boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement55
Armament

Service history

Completed on 28 August 1899, she arrived at Sasebo on March 24, 1900, where she was classified as a destroyer.[4]

During the Russo-Japanese War, Sazanami participated in the battles of Port Arthur and Yalu River.[4] At the Battle of Tsushima, The Russian destroyer Bedovii, which was carrying the wounded Zinovy Rozhestvensky, surrendered to her.[5]

On 1 April 1913, the destroyer was decommissioned.[6] On 23 August 1914 , it was transferred as a miscellaneous service ship, designated as a target ship, and renamed Sazanami Maru. On 29 August 1916, she was sunk off the coast of Tateyama as a target. She was later sold for scrap on 9 January 1917.

References
  1. United States Naval Institute (1902). United States Naval Institute Proceeding. Vol. 28. The Institute. p. 343.
  2. Denis Warner, and Peggy Warner (2002). The Tide at Sunrise. Frank Cass. p. 15. ISBN 9780714682341.
  3. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1932). Mechnical Engineering. The Society. p. 228.
  4. Navy History Preservation Society. History of the Japanese Navy, Vol. 7, 1995. pp. 284-285.
  5. Katagiri, Daiji. Rengō Kantai Gunkan Meimei Den, 1993. p. 384.
  6. Ministry of the Navy. History of the Navy System, Vol. 8, 1940. p. 74.


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