HDMS Jylland
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Jylland in the museum dedicated to it, Ebeltoft, Denmark 2005.
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Name | Jylland |
Builder | Naval War Yard, Copenhagen |
Laid down | June 11, 1857 |
Launched | November 20, 1860 |
Commissioned | May 15, 1862 |
Decommissioned | 1908 |
Status | Museum ship in Ebeltoft, Denmark |
Notes | Designed by Dock Master O. F. Suenson |
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Class and type | Niels Juel-class sail- and screw propelled steam frigate |
Displacement | 2456 tons |
Length | 102 m (335 ft) |
Beam | 13.5 m (44 ft) |
Draft | 6 m (20 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | square-rigged ship |
Speed |
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Complement | 405–437 |
Armament |
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Jylland is a danish frigate, and is both a screw-propelled steam frigate and a sailship. It took part in the Battle of Heligoland on 9 May 1864, and is preserved as a museum ship in the small town of Ebeltoft, located on the Djursland peninsula in Denmark.
Design
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She was built for the Royal Danish Navy in 1860 as a sailing frigate with an auxiliar screw-drive steam engine and a wooden hull.[1] The figurehead was carved by the sculptor Julius Magnus Petersen and represents the region of Jutland in the form of the shepherd's rod and the fishing net.[2]
History
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During the
By 1874, she was in use as a training ship for naval cadets.[4] In the 1890s she was reduced to stationary use and barely escaped scrapping in 1908. She served as a barracks and training ship between 1892 and 1908.[1] It was, however, decided to preserve her and she was towed to Ebeltoft in 1960. The hulked frigate further deteriorated until she was placed in dry dock in 1984.[1] Restoration proved to be a major task; over 60% of the timber had to be replaced in addition to the rigging, armament, engines and loose gear.
In Danish, she is known as simply Fregatten Jylland, although several ships have used this name. The restoration efforts were completed in 1994 and she is on permanent display in dry dock at the town of
Jylland is the last surviving
Gallery
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Jylland in 2013
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After restoration Jylland is placed in dry dock
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Jylland was a combined steam- and sailship
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Battery deck
References
- Notes
- ^ The Danish equivalent of a long hundredweight (112 imperial pounds, 50.8 kg) or quintal is the da:Centnter of 100 Danish pounds (da:Pund (masseenhed), 496 g)
- ^ The old Danish inch (da:Tomme) measures 2.61545 cm, whereas the imperial inch measures 2.54 cm exactly.
- Citations
- ^ ISBN 0-395-98414-9.
- ISBN 9781526111876
- ISBN 978-1-906033-03-3.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Western Mail. No. 1520. Cardiff. 14 March 1874.
- National Bank of Denmark. 15 September 2011. Archived from the originalon 16 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
Bibliography
- Brouwer, Norman J. The International Register of Historic Ships. 3rd ed. London: Chatham Publishing, 1999.
- Robert J Gardiner (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979.
External links
- Many photos and a brief story of the ship
- Danish Naval History: Jylland (1862–1908)
- Visit to Jylland in August 2011 Many high resolution photos