Name Eugenie Out of service May 8, 1888 Launched 9 December 1844 Weight 1,382 tons Beam 12 m | Commissioned 1846 Class and type Frigate Length 47 m Draft 1.67 m | |
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Builder Karlskrona shipyard (sv) Fate Sold in 1919, scrapped in 1926 | ||
HSwMS Eugenie was a Swedish frigate, armed with 40 cannons. Between the years of 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 floating work home. 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.
Circumnavigating the globe (1851-1853)
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 of the years 1839-41.
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