The French destroyer Sakalave was one of a dozen s built for the French Navy in Japan during the First World War.
The Arabe-class ships had an overall length of , a length between perpendiculars of , a beam of , and a draft of . The ships displaced at normal load. They were powered by three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four mixed-firing Kampon Yarrow-type boilers. The engines were designed to produce , which would propel the ships at . During their sea trials, the Arabe class reached . The ships carried enough coal and fuel oil which gave them a range of at . Their crew consisted of 5 officers and 104 crewmen.
The main armament of the Arabe-class ships was a single Type 41 gun, mounted before the bridge on the forecastle. Their secondary armament consisted of four Type 41 guns in single mounts; two of these were positioned abreast the middle funnel and the others were on the centerline further aft. One of these latter guns was on a high-angle mount and served as an anti-aircraft gun. The ships carried two above-water twin mounts for torpedo tubes. In 1917âÂÂ18, a rack for eight depth charges was added.
Sakalave was ordered from Maizuru Naval Arsenal and was launched in 1917 and was completed on 9 November of that year. During the Russian Civil War on January 9, 1921, she participated in an action during which the Soviet gunboat KL No.ÃÂ 7 (ex-Elpidifor No.ÃÂ 415) was damaged at Anapa in the Black Sea and caused the ship to be beached and abandoned.