Japanese sloop Hōshō
Painting of Hōshō from 1895 book | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Hōshō |
| Builder | United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 1868 |
| Launched | 1868 |
| Completed | 1869 |
| Commissioned | July 4, 1871 |
| Out of service | 1898 |
| Stricken | April 19, 1906 |
| Fate | Scrapped April 9, 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 321 long tons (326 t) |
| Length | 35.7 m (117 ft) |
| Beam | 7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.44 m (8 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Range | 810 tons charcoal |
| Complement | 65 |
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Hōshō (鳳翔, Flying Phoenix) was a screw sloop, originally built in the United Kingdom for Chōshū Domain in western Japan, and subsequently served in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.