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Danish 1860 frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft dry dock
The Danish frigate Jylland was launched in 1860. She got a full rigg and
a steam engine of 1300 HP which gave her a maximum speed of 11
knots. The propeller could be retracted into the hull during sailing.
The withdrawing mechanism is shown on several photos.
The Jylland is 71 m long and thus one of the largest wooden ships of the
age of sail that still exists. She became famous during the
1864 battle of Heligoland when the Danish squadron forced a retreat
of the Austrian and Prussian squadron.
The ship was decommissioned in 1908. In 1984 she was placed into a dry
dock in Ebeltoft on the Baltic Seas coast and underwent a major
restauration. Today the ship is a museum ship open to visitors.
There is some more information in a Wikipedia article on the
Jylland.
When we visited her in August 2011, the foremast and part of the hull
was scaffolded for maitenance works and the fore yard had been taken
away. So the photos can't show the ship in her full beauty and true
elegance, but the weather allowed for some fine picture taking anyway.
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