HSwMS Eugenie was a Swedish frigate, armed with 40 cannons. Between 1851 and 1853, the Eugenie was captained by as the first Swedish warship to circumnavigate the globe, on a voyage intended to promote Swedish trade. Naval officer 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.
This trip was the first global circumnavigation ever made with a Swedish warship. The was probably carried out by the small brigantine, the under the command of captain who performed an unplanned circumnavigation between 1839 and 1841.
On September 30, 1851, the ship set sail from Karlskrona, Sweden.[1]
Itinerary of the journey: