Japanese destroyer Tachibana (1912)

	Sister ship Sakura at Sasebo, 1918
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tachibana
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	29 April 1911
Launched	27 January 1912
Fate	Scrapped 1933
General characteristics
Class & type	Sakura class
Displacement	605 tons normal; 830 tons full load;
Length	83.6 m (274 ft)
Beam	7.3 m (24 ft)
Draught	2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Propulsion	reciprocating engines, 9,500 ihp (7,100 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	92
Armament	1 × 120 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns; 4 × 76 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns; 4 × 457 mm torpedo tubes;

NameTachibana

Laid down29 April 1911

Launched27 January 1912

Tachibana (橘) was a Sakura-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

v t e Sakura-class destroyers
Sakura Tachibana
Preceded by: Umikaze class Followed by: Urakaze class
List of destroyers of Japan

Service

History

Sister ship Sakura at Sasebo, 1918




Empire of Japan
Name	Tachibana
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	29 April 1911
Launched	27 January 1912
Fate	Scrapped 1933


General characteristics
Class & type	Sakura class
Displacement	605 tons normal 830 tons full load
Length	83.6 m (274 ft)
Beam	7.3 m (24 ft)
Draught	2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Propulsion	reciprocating engines, 9,500 ihp (7,100 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	92
Armament	1 × 120 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns 4 × 76 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns 4 × 457 mm torpedo tubes