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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
By 1874, she was in use as a training ship for naval cadets.[4] 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[5]Jylland is the last surviving screw frigate.
↑The Danish equivalent of a long hundredweight (112 imperial pounds, 50.8 kg) or quintal is the da:Centnter of 100 Danish pounds (da:Pund (masseenhed), 496 g)
↑The old Danish inch (da:Tomme) measures 2.61545 cm, whereas the imperial inch measures 2.54 cm exactly.
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