HSwMS Eugenie

Painting of HSwMS Eugenie by Jacob Hägg.
History
SwedenSweden
NameEugenie
BuilderKarlskrona shipyard
LaunchedDecember 9, 1844
Commissioned1846
Out of serviceMay 8, 1888
FateSold in 1919, scrapped in 1926
General characteristics
Class and typeFrigate
Displacement1,360 tons
Length46.69 m (153.2 ft)
Beam12.37 m (40.6 ft)
Draught5.49 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 as the first Swedish warship to circumnavigate the globe, on a voyage intended to promote Swedish trade. Naval officer Carl Skogman 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.


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