French destroyer Sakalave

The French destroyer Sakalave was one of a dozen Arabe-class destroyers built for the French Navy in Japan during the First World War.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sakalave.
Sister ship Algérien in 1917
History
France
Name: Sakalave
Namesake: Sakalava people
Ordered: 1916
Builder: Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Japan
Laid down: 1917
Launched: 1917
Completed: 1917
In service: 9 November 1917
Stricken: 14 June 1936
Fate: Scrapped after 1936
General characteristics
Class and type: Arabe-class destroyer
Displacement: 685 t (674 long tons)
Length:
  • 82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a)
  • 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam: 7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft: 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 109
Armament:

Design and description

The Arabe-class ships had an overall length of 82.26 meters (269 ft 11 in), a length between perpendiculars of 79.4 meters (260 ft 6 in) a beam of 7.33 meters (24 ft 1 in), and a draft of 2.39 meters (7 ft 10 in).[1] The ships displaced 865 metric tons (851 long tons) at normal load.[2] They were powered by three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four mixed-firing Kampon Yarrow-type boilers. The engines were designed to produce 10,000 metric horsepower (7,400 kW; 9,900 shp), which would propel the ships at 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). During their sea trials, the Arabe class reached 29.16–30.44 knots (54.00–56.37 km/h; 33.56–35.03 mph).[3] The ships carried enough coal and fuel oil which gave them a range of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[4] Their crew consisted of 5 officers and 104 crewmen.[5]

The main armament of the Arabe-class ships was a single Type 41 12-centimeter (4.7 in) gun, mounted before the bridge on the forecastle. Their secondary armament consisted of four Type 41 76-millimeter (3 in) guns in single mounts; two of these were positioned abreast the middle funnel and the others were on the centerline further aft. One of these latter guns was on a high-angle mount and served as an anti-aircraft gun. The ships carried two above-water twin mounts for 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. In 1917–18, a rack for eight 75-kilogram (165 lb) depth charges was added.[6]

Construction and career

Sakalave was ordered from Maizuru Naval Arsenal[4] and was launched in 1917 and was completed on 9 November of that year.[7] During the Russian Civil War on 9 March 1921 she damaged the Soviet Elipidifor No.415 at Anapa in the Black Sea and caused the ship to be beached and abandoned.[8]

Citations
  1. Garier, p. 33
  2. Gardiner & Gray, p. 205
  3. Garier, pp. 34, 36
  4. Couhat, p. 118
  5. Garier, p. 37
  6. Garier, pp. 36–37
  7. Garier, p. 34
  8. "Elipidifor type multi purpose ships, USSR". Navypedia. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

References
  • "Elipidifor type multi purpose ships, USSR". Navypedia. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
  • Garier, Gérard (March 2001). "Les torpilleurs d'escadre français de construction japonaise: Le type 'Algérien' (1917 / 1936)". Navires & Historie. Lela Presse. 06: 33–51. ISSN 1280-4290.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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