The navy then returned to its previous mainstay for new technology and equipment, Yarrow shipyards in the United Kingdom, ordering two vessels to a new design in the 1911 fiscal budget.

[1] However, Yarrow, along with other British shipyards, had a large backlog of orders, and it was not until 1915 that the new vessels could be completed, and due to the outbreak of World War I, not until 1919 before Urakaze was turned over to Japan.

The initial design called for diesel engines, however, due to the outbreak of World War I, Yarrow could not obtain necessary gear components from Germany.

Due to a strong request from the British government, Kawakaze was sold by Japan prior to completion to the Regia Marina of Italy.

Kawakaze was completed as Audace, and later modified into the controller of the radio-controlled target ship Italian cruiser San Marco, and saw considerable combat service in the Mediterranean.