HSwMS Eugenie
Painting of HSwMS Eugenie by Jacob Hägg. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Sweden | |
| 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 & 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) |
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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.