Danish steam frigate Jylland

Jylland in the museum dedicated to it, Ebeltoft, Denmark 2005.
History
Denmark
Name: Jylland
Builder: Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen
Laid down: June 11, 1857
Launched: November 20, 1860
Commissioned: May 15, 1862
Decommissioned: 1908
Status: Naval memorial at Ebeltoft, Denmark
Notes: Designed by Dock Master O. F. Suenson
General characteristics
Class & type: Niels Juelsail- and screw propelled steam frigate
Tons burthen: 2456 tons
Length: 71 m (233 ft)
Beam: 13.5 m (44 ft)
Draft: 6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 1300 indicated hp (400 kW nomincal) Baumgarten & Burmeister steam engine
  • 1-shaft with a folding helix
Sail plan: square-rigged ship
Speed:
  • 11 kn (20 km/h) on steam
  • 12 kn (22 km/h) on sail
Complement: 405–437
Armament:
  • As built:
  • 30 × 30-pounder 50 Cnt. Guns
  • 14 × 30-pounder 40 Cnt. Guns
  • In 1864:
  • 32 × 30-pounder guns
  • 8 × 18-pounder rifled guns
  • 4 × 12-pounder rifled guns
  • Later:
  • 20 × 6"" 50 Cnt. Muzzle Loading Guns
  • 6 × 5"" 28 Cnt. Breech Loading Guns
  • 6 × Revolver Guns
  • 1 × 37 mm Breech Loading Guns
  • 1 × Mitrailleuse

Jylland is one of the world's largest wooden warships, and is both a screw-propelled steam frigate and a sailship. During the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, she participated in the naval action against the Austrian-Prussian fleet in the Battle of Heligoland on 9 May 1864. Jylland along with the Niels Juel and Heimdall bested two Austrian frigates and three small Prussian gun boats, but was unable to maintain the blockade of the Prussian North Sea ports. Jylland sustained considerable damage during the battle.

In the 1890s she was reduced to stationary use and barely escaped scrapping in 1908. 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. 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 Ebeltoft, Denmark. A commemorative coin was issued by the National Bank of Denmark.[1]


Notes

  1. ↑ "The Frigate Jylland". National Bank of Denmark. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

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.


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Coordinates: 56°11′57″N 10°40′26″E / 56.19917°N 10.67389°E / 56.19917; 10.67389

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