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Hamakaze

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
天津風 [Amatsukaze]			Kure K K	4.1916	5.10.1916	4.1917	sold 4.1935
磯風 [Isokaze]			Kure K K	4.1916	5.10.1916	2.1917	sold 4.1935
時津風 [Tokitsukaze]			Kawasaki, Kobe	3.1916	27.12.1916	5.1917	hulk 4.1935
浜風 [Hamakaze]			Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	4.1916	30.10.1916	3.1917	sold 4.1935

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1227
Displacement full, t	1570
Length, m	94.5 pp 96.9 oa
Breadth, m	8.50
Draught, m	2.80
No of shafts	3
Machinery	Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze: 3 Curtis steam turbines, 5 Kampon boilers Isokaze, Hamakaze: 3 Parsons steam turbines, 5 Kampon boilers
Power, h. p.	27000
Max speed, kts	34
Fuel, t	coal 147 + oil 297
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(15)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/40 41-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 3 x 2 - 450 TT
Complement	128

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Project history

Design was developed on the basis of destroyer Umikaze, differed by increased engine power and stronger armament. Built under the 1915 Programme. As a whole ships have appeared successful; it is necessary to refer to their lacks only complexity of three-shaft machinery and out-of-date British-origin 120mm guns.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Tokitsukaze 25.3.1918 has had an accident at shores of Kyushu: she was broken apart and has sunk, but has been salvaged in July, repaired and commissioned again in February, 1920. After discarding three ships have broken up, and Tokitsukaze during long time served as a training hulk. She have handed over on demolition only in March, 1948.