Hōshō was built in 1868 in Aberdeen, Scotland as a wooden-hulled three-masted bark-rigged sloop-of-war with a coal-fired triple expansion reciprocating steam engine with two boilers driving a single screw.
Hōshō was constructed in 1868 in Aberdeen, Scotland, as a sailing vessel with a distinctive propulsion method. Its wooden hull and three masts were complemented by a coal-fired steam engine driving a single propeller.