Japanese destroyer Tachibana (1912)
For other ships of the same name, see Japanese destroyer Tachibana.
 Sister ship Sakura at Sasebo, 1918 | |
| Career (Japan) |  |
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| Name: | Tachibana |
| Builder: | Maizuru Navy Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 29 April 1911 |
| Launched: | 27 January 1912 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sakura class |
| Displacement: | 605 tons normal 830 tons full load |
| Length: | 83.6 meters |
| Beam: | 7.3 meters |
| Draught: | 2.2 meters |
| Propulsion: | reciprocating engines, 9,500 ihp |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 2,400 nm @ 15 knots |
| Complement: | 92 |
| Armament: |
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Tachibana (橘) was a Sakura-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Design
Tachibana and her sister ship Sakura 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, 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, Tachibana was decommissioned in 1932 and scrapped in 1933.[1]
References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946
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