Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1899)

	Sazanami at Yokosuka, 1900
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Sazanami
Builder	Yarrow & Company
Laid down	1 June 1897
Launched	8 July 1899
Completed	28 August 1899
Decommissioned	1 April 1913
Renamed	Sazanami Maru 23 August 1914
Reclassified	Miscellaneous service vessel 23 August 1914
Fate	Sunk as target 29 August 1916; Wreck sold for scrap 9 January 1917;
General characteristics
Class & type	Ikazuchi-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;
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft)
Draught	1.57 m (5.2 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft reciprocating, 4 Yarrow boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement	55
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder gun; 5 × QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss gun; 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedoes;

Sazanami (漣, "Ripples") was an Ikazuchi-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was one of the earliest and smallest Japanese destroyers. Only 220 feet (67 m) long, she could make 30 to 32 knots (56 to 59 km/h; 35 to 37 mph) on 6,000 horsepower (4,474 kW).

History
Sazanami at Yokosuka, 1900
Empire of Japan
Name	Sazanami
Builder	Yarrow & Company
Laid down	1 June 1897
Launched	8 July 1899
Completed	28 August 1899
Decommissioned	1 April 1913
Renamed	Sazanami Maru 23 August 1914
Reclassified	Miscellaneous service vessel 23 August 1914
Fate	Sunk as target 29 August 1916 Wreck sold for scrap 9 January 1917
General characteristics
Class & type	Ikazuchi-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
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft)
Draught	1.57 m (5.2 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft reciprocating, 4 Yarrow boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement	55
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder gun 5 × QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss gun 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedoes