Swedish frigate
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| History |
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 Sweden |
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| Name | Eugenie |
| Builder | Karlskrona shipyard [sv] |
| Launched | December 9, 1844 |
| Commissioned | 1846 |
| Out of service | May 8, 1888 |
| Fate | Sold in 1919, scrapped in 1926 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 1,360 tons |
| Length | 46.69 m (153.2 ft) |
| Beam | 12.37 m (40.6 ft) |
| Draught | 5.49 ft (1.67 m) |
HSwMS Eugenie was a Swedish frigate, armed with 40 cannons. Between 1851 and 1853, the Eugenie was captained by Christian Adolf Virgin [sv] as the first Swedish warship to circumnavigate the globe, on a voyage intended to promote Swedish trade. Naval officer Carl Skogman [sv] subsequently released an itinerary of the journey.
The vessel was classified as a corvette from 1877 until 1888, when it was converted into an accommodation ship at Skeppsholmen. She was taken out of service completely in 1919 and was sold to a Norwegian shipping company in Moss to be used as a floating residence for workers. In 1926, she was sold to a scrap dealer in Halmstad for scrapping.
The ship is named after Princess Eugenie, daughter of Oscar I of Sweden.
Circumnavigating the globe (1851–1853)
This trip was the first global circumnavigation ever made with a Swedish warship. The first Swedish circumnavigation of the globe [sv] was probably carried out by the small brigantine, the Mary Ann [sv] under the command of captain Nils Werngren [sv] who performed an unplanned circumnavigation between 1839 and 1841.
On September 30, 1851, the ship set sail from Karlskrona, Sweden.[1]
Itinerary of the journey:
- Sweden
- Portsmouth, England
- Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Colonia, Uruguay
- Port Famine, Strait of Magellan, Argentina
- Valparaiso, Chile
- Callao, Peru
- Puna, Peru
- Panama
- Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
- Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- San Francisco, United States
- Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Sydney, Australia
- Pouynypet, Caroline Islands
- Guam
- Hong Kong
- Canton, China
- Manila, Philippines
- Singapore
- Batavia, Dutch East Indies
- Cocos Islands, Australia
- Mauritius
- Cape Town, Cape Colony
- St Helena
- Plymouth, England
- Cherbourg, France
- Sweden
See also
References
This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.
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