Summary
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.
 Painting of HSwMS Eugenie by Jacob Hägg.
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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Eugenie |
| Builder | Karlskrona shipyard |
| Launched | December 9, 1844 |
| Commissioned | 1846 |
| Out of service | May 8, 1888 |
| Fate | Sold in 1919, scrapped in 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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) |
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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This trip was the first global circumnavigation ever made with a Swedish warship. The first Swedish circumnavigation of the globe was probably carried out by the small brigantine, the Mary Ann under the command of captain Nils Werngren 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
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References edit
This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.
- "Flottans Man homepage". Flottansman.se. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Lundh, J. P. (April 1988). "Voyage of the frigate Eugenie" (PDF). Noticias de Galápagos. No. 59. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 2023-04-05.