Sakura-class destroyer

Sakura at Sasebo, 1918
Class overview
Name	Sakura class
Builders	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Umikaze class
Succeeded by	Urakaze class
In commission	21 May 1912 - 1 April 1932
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	530 tons normal, 830 tons full load
Length	79.2 m (260 ft) pp 83.6 m (274 ft) overall
Beam	7.3 m (24 ft)
Draught	2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Propulsion	coal-fired boilers, triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 9,500 ihp (7,100 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	2,400 nmi (4,400 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	94
Armament	1 × 120 mm/40 cal guns 4 × 80 mm/40 cal guns 4 × 450 mm torpedoes

The Sakura-class destroyers (櫻型駆逐艦, Sakuragata kuchikukan) was a class of two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.^[1]