HSwMS Eugenie

Painting of HSwMS Eugenie by Jacob Hägg.
History
SwedenSweden
NameEugenie
BuilderKarlskrona shipyard [sv]
LaunchedDecember 9, 1844
Commissioned1846
Out of serviceMay 8, 1888
FateSold in 1919, scrapped in 1926
General characteristics
Class and typeFrigate
Displacement1,360 tons
Length46.69 m (153.2 ft)
Beam12.37 m (40.6 ft)
Draught5.49 ft (1.67 m)

HSwMS Eugenie was a Swedish frigate, armed with 40 cannons. Between 1851 and 1853, the Eugenie was captained by Christian Adolf Virgin [sv] as the first Swedish warship to circumnavigate the globe, on a voyage intended to promote Swedish trade. Naval officer Carl Skogman [sv] 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.