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Friday, 26 October 2018

Japanese destroyer Sazanami visited Dutch East Indies in February 1900

An item reported that the Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1) visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies in February 1900.(2)

Notes
1. Ikazuchi-class, laid down on 1 June 1897, launched on 8 August 1899, completed on 28 August 1900, decommissioned on 1 April 1913  and sold on 23 August 1914 and became the MV Sazanami Maru.
2. Sabang had an important coal bunkering station.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1899-1900.