Amphion (ship)
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Model of Amphion with full rig
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History | |
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Name | Amphion |
Owner | Gustav III |
Builder | Djurgårdsvarvet |
Launched | 1778 |
Decommissioned | 26 August 1884 |
Out of service | 14 March 1873 |
Fate | Broken up |
Status | Stern preserved at the Maritime Museum in Stockholm |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Turuma |
Length | 33 m (108 ft) |
Beam | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | Two-masted sail plan and 16 pairs of oars |
Crew | 150 men |
Amphion was the personal
Amphion turned out to be one of Chapman's few failures as a ship designer. She suffered from poor seakeeping ability and was also too heavy to row. On her maiden voyage from
In 1884, Amphion was broken up for firewood. Amphion's figurehead and stern castle with the royal command room were spared, and can be seen at the Maritime Museum in Stockholm. The preserved parts underwent preservation and restoration, performed by conservation studio Ateljé Catellani, between 2003 and 2006.
The current stern was added in 1791 after the ship was damaged at the end of the Russian War. The former stern lacked the royal cypher, and its four windows gates were of a simpler design.
Gallery
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Amphion as a barracks ship
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Drawing of the transom.
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The preserved stern
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Gustav III's cabin
Sources
- ISBN 91-973075-0-5.
This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.