Japanese destroyer “Sasaki” on her speed trials, 1915 [1280×928]

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ewigeflamme

This destroyer was torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian Navy U-boat U-27 in June 1917 near Crete. I always forget Austro-Hungary and Japan were at war in WW1 and they had the chance to fight each other even though AH didn’t have colonies in the Pacific.
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Japanese destroyer "Sakaki".

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