Japanese destroyer Sakura (1911)

Sakura was a Sakura-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built under the 1910 Programme as a 2nd Class destroyer.

Design
Sakura and her sister ship JAPANESE DESTROYER Tachibana 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 Umikaze-class destroyer, which was powered by Parsons turbines, Tachibana was installed with vertical expansion engines.

Service
The ship, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, 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.