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French destroyer Sakalave

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Name
  
Sakalave

Ordered
  
1916

Completed
  
1917

Construction started
  
1917

Weight
  
685 tons

Namesake
  
Sakalava people

Laid down
  
1917

In service
  
9 November 1917

Launched
  
1917

Builder
  
Maizuru Naval Arsenal

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. During the Russian Civil War on March 9, 1921 she damaged the Elipidifor No.415 ( Soviet Navy) at Anapa in the Black Sea and caused the ship to be beached and abandoned.

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French destroyer Sakalave Wikipedia