Jylland

A 44-gun wooden steam-frigate built in 1860 by the Nyholms Skibsverft, Copenhagen, for the Danish Royal Navy. Dimensions: 64,11×13,11×6,0(d) meters [210'33×43'0×19'67] and with a displacement of 2450 tons. Equipped with a two-cylinder steam-engine of 400 nhp designed by William Wain and built by Baumgarten & Burmeister.

1857 June
Laid down at the Nyholms Skibsverft, Copenhagen.
1860 November 20
Launched.
1863-1864
The 12×30 pound guns on the deck were replaced with 8×18 pound guns and 4×12 pound guns.
1864 May 9
Participated in the Battle of Helgoland where a Danish squadron consisting of the frigates Niels Iuel and Jylland and the screw-corvette Heimdal defeated a joint Austrian-Preussian squadron consisting of the frigates Schwarzenberg and Radetzky and the steam gun-boats Adler, Basilisk and Blitz.
1871-1872
Expedition to St Thomas.
1886-1887
Made her last West Indian expedition.
1887
Taken out of active duty.
1892
Rigged off, the engine taken out and altered into an exercice and accomodation ship.
1908
Struck from the Navy list and sold at an auction to a German ship breaker, but bought back by the Danish government.
1912
Sold to E. Schou, Palsgård, and moved to the Juelsminde Bay.
1925
Sold back to the Navy at the death of E. Schou.
1936-1950
Used as an accommodation ship for schoolchildren visiting the capital. During the German occupation used for accomodation of German military personell.
1939
Partly rigged.
1960
Brought to Ebeltoft.
1984 August 11
Put permanently in a dry-dock where she will be restored.

Today preserved in a dry-dock at Ebeltoft.

Picture.

Armament

The original armament was 30 muzzle loading 30 pd guns of 50 ct on the gun deck and 14 muzzle loading 30 pd guns of 40 ct on the upper deck. In addition she carried one 18 pd carronade of British origin and another 12 pd carronade and also eight 4 pd howitzers. The 30 pd guns, which were all of the Michelsen pattern, were made by Åkers Styckebruk and Stafsjö Bruk in Sweden. The two carronades as well as the howitzers were primarily intended to be used on the boats.
Guns 60/144
MLR 		30/50
ML 		30/40
ML 		24/50
MLR 		18/40
MLR 		18
carr 		12
MLR 		12
carr 		5"
BLR
1861-64 44 30 14 1 1
1865 46 22 10 8 1 4 1
1866-67 46 26 18 1 1
1868-72 26 2 24
1873 26 26
1874-83 26 2 24
1884-85 24 24
1886 26 20 6
1888-91 26 20 6

In addition to the large guns, one or more of the following type of small guns were also carried:

References:

  1. Debatten omkring fregatten Jylland (fra Berlingske Aftenavis). Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 4 (1971), pp 28-29.
  2. anon.: Die Fregatte Jylland. Das Logbuch 23 Jg. (1987), pp 44-46, ill.
  3. Finn Askgaard: Fregatten Jylland. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 18 (1985), pp 3:14-20, ill.
  4. Hans Chr. Bjerg: Fregatten Jylland - en kulturhistorisk redegørelse. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 2 (1969), pp 74-78, ill.
  5. Ole L. Frantzen: Fregatten Jyllands artilleri. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 13 (1980), pp 3:3-23, ill.
  6. Kai Hertz: Fregatten Jylland - En redegørelse. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 10 (1977), pp 9-24.
  7. F.H. Kjølsen: The Old Danish Frigate. The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 51 (1965), pp 27-33, 2 plates.
  8. F.H. Kjølsen: Det eneste oceangående egetræssejlskib fra søfartens tidevarv (fregatten Jylland). Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 1 (1967), pp 8-13, ill.
  9. Bernt Kure: Fregattens konservering. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 15 (1982), pp 4:5-6.
  10. Bernt Kure: Sidste nyt om fregatten. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 15 (1982), pp 2:3-4, ill.
  11. Bernt Kure: Nyt fra fregatten Jylland. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 18 (1985), pp 4:16-18, ill.
  12. Bernt Kure: Modern Technology in Historic Ships.
    Third International Conference on the Technical Aspects of the Preservation of Historic Vessels, San Francisco, CA, 1997.
  13. Erik Munch: Branden i Aalborg og andre lokale minder fra Fregatten Jyllands tilknytning til egne og byer. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 21 (1988), pp 1:14-18, ill.
  14. Jens Theis Theisen: Fregatten Jyllands togt til Vestindiens 1871-72. Utddrag fra "Memoir-Bog for Jens Theis Theisen af Dragør". Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 16 (1983), pp 3:7-15, ill.
  15. Birger Thomsen: Hvad skal der blive af Jylland. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 13 (1980), pp 2:6-10, ill.
  16. H.-H. Wesche: Fregatten Jyllands skäbne. Marinehistorisk Tidskrift Årg. 6 (1973), pp 4-6.
Updated 1998-10-08 by Lars Bruzelius.

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