HDMS Jylland
1860 steam frigate
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
She was built for the Royal Danish Navy in 1860 as a sailing frigate with an auxiliary screw-drive steam engine and a wooden hull. 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.
History
During the Second Schleswig War, she participated in the naval action against the Austro-Prussian fleet in the Battle of Heligoland on 9 May 1864. Jylland, along with Niels Juel and Heimdall, engaged two Austrian frigates and three small Prussian gunboats, but was unable to maintain the blockade of the Prussian North Sea ports. Jylland sustained considerable damage during the battle.
By 1874, she was in use as a training ship for naval cadets. 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.
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