Editing Ikazuchi-class destroyer (section)

==Operational history==
All six ''Ikazuchi''-class destroyers arrived in Japan in time to be used during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] to patrol the [[China]] coast and to cover the landings of Japanese ground troops. ''Niji'' was lost in an accident off the [[Shantung Peninsula]] on 3 August 1900, but the remaining five vessels saw combat service during the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–1905.<ref>Nishida, ''Imperial Japanese Navy''</ref>

After the end of the Russo-Japanese War, ''Inazuma'' was lost in a collision with a merchant vessel off the coast of [[Hakodate]], [[Hokkaidō]] on 16 December 1909. On 28 August 1912 the remaining four ''Ikazuchi''-class vessels were re-classified as third-class destroyers, and were removed from front-line combat service.

''Akebono'' and ''Oboro'' returned to combat service in [[World War I]] as part of the Japanese detachment in the [[Battle of Tsingtao]], and in the operation to seize [[List of former German colonies|German colonial possessions]] in the [[Oceania|South Pacific]].  However, their remaining time on the [[navy list]] proved to be limited. After the [[lead ship]] ''Ikazuchi'' suffered a boiler explosion at [[Ominato]] harbor due to [[metal fatigue]] in its engine on 9 October 1912, and was written off the following year, ''Sazanami'' was also retired from service. ''Oboro'' and ''Akebono'' were retained until 1 April 1921, when they were converted into auxiliary [[minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]] for a brief period, but were scrapped in 1925.