HDMS ''Fylla'' was a Danish

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, launched in 1862. ''Fylla'' was built entirely in wood, rigged as a topsail

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and equipped with a steam-driven propeller. The propeller could be raised up into a well when under sail. Original armament was turning cannons placed in the midline of the ship, but later replaced by smaller cannons on each side of the ship.

Service

''Fyllas first voyage was to the

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in 1863, but she was called back in 1864 because of the

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. During most of her career ''Fylla'' served as inspection ship and coast guard around the Faroes,

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and

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, but also as fisheries inspection ship in the North Sea in 1880-81. Major repairs and rearmament with more, but smaller cannons, in 1881-82. ''Fylla'' was decommissioned in 1894 and broken up in 1903.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fylla Research vessels of Denmark Ships built in Copenhagen 1862 ships