The Arabe-class ships had an overall length of 82.26m (269.88feet), a length between perpendiculars of 79.4m (260.5feet) a beam of 7.33m (24.05feet), and a draft of 2.39m (07.84feet).[1] The ships displaced 865sp=usNaNsp=us at normal load.[2] 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 10000lk=onNaNlk=on, which would propel the ships at 29kn. During their sea trials, the Arabe class reached 29.16-.[3] The ships carried enough coal and fuel oil which gave them a range of 2000nmi at .[4] Their crew consisted of 5 officers and 104 crewmen.[5]
The main armament of the Arabe-class ships was a single Type 41 12cm (05inches) gun, mounted before the bridge on the forecastle. Their secondary armament consisted of four Type 41 76sp=usNaNsp=us 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 450mm torpedo tubes. In 1917–18, a rack for eight 75kg (165lb) depth charges was added.[6]
Hova was ordered from Sasebo Naval Arsenal[4] and was launched in July 1917 and completed later that year. She was stricken on 14 June 1936 and subsequently broken up for scrap.[7]