HSwMS Najaden (1897)

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Naval Ensign of Sweden (1844-1905).svg Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg Sweden
NameNajaden
Launched11 February 1897
Decommissioned1938
Status Museum ship
NotesSister ship of HMS Jarramas
General characteristics
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
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HSwMS Najaden

HSwMS Najaden is a Swedish Navy training ship launched in 1897, previously preserved as a museum ship in Halmstad and moored on the river Nissan by Halmstad Castle, since July 2014 in Fredrikstad, Norway.

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The three-masted, wooden hulled sailing ship was constructed at the Royal Naval Shipyard in Karlskrona in 1897 and served in the Swedish Navy as a sail training ship until 1938. [1]

In 1946 she was taken over by the city of Halmstad and completely restored. She now serves as a museum ship and is in the care of the Association of the Friends of Najaden (Föreningen Najadens Vänner). [2]

Najaden passed into Norwegian ownership Friday, 4 July 2014. A brief ceremony led by city council's chairman, Conservative Ann-Charlotte Westlund was held in front of Najaden in central Halmstad. [3] At that time about 200 protesters demonstrated against the sale of the ship to Norway.

On Saturday, 5 July 2014, Najaden was towed from Halmstad to its new home port in Fredrikstad, Norway. [4] The sail training ship af Chapman was a contemporary of Najaden in Swedish Navy service.

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References

  1. Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. (pp 321-322). Hearst. ISBN   978-1-58816-384-4
  2. Föreningen Najadens Vänner
  3. "Najaden lämnar slottskajen för Fredrikstad, Norge - Halmstads kommun". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. "Najaden – Najaden ble bygget i 1897 i Karlskrona. Najaden har hjemmehavn på Isegran i Fredrikstad". Najaden.no. Retrieved 1 April 2023.