[2] The engines produced a total of 9,500 indicated horsepower (7,100 kW) that gave the ships maximum speeds of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).

[4] The main armament of the Kaba-class ships consisted of single quick-firing (QF) 12-centimetre (4.7 in) guns located on the bows.

[4] During World War I the ship patrolled the area around Singapore[2] and later served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.

[6] While part of the Imperial Japanese 2nd Special Squadron helping Allies patrol in the Mediterranean Sakaki was torpedoed by the Austro-Hungarian submarine U-27 on 11 June 1917 in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Crete with the loss of 68[A 1] of her 92 ratings, including her commander.

[10] Sakaki was stricken from the navy list in November 1931,[4] decommissioned on 1 April 1932[2] and subsequently broken up.