"Hatsuhara" was launched at the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation's shipyard in Kobe on 12 May 1906 and completed on 1 March 1907. The ship saw service in World War I and participated in the Siberian Expedition. She was decommissioned on 1 December 1924. "Hatsuhara" was sunk as a target by planes from the aircraft carriers and on 13 August 1928.