The other ship was Fågel Grip Bird Griffin. She was a freight and navy ship built in the Netherlands around and was in Swedish ownership from The vessel was quite unique at the time, she made four transatlantic round trips.
The vessel was part of the Swedish fleet, but was sold back to Holland in On the first expedition to New Sweden there were only sailors, military and personnel aboard the two ships, no women, children or settlers. Half the crew of the vessels was acquired from the Netherlands and the rest from Sweden.
There were 24 Swedish soldiers on the ships, who were to form the first watch guard of the colony. The ships left Gothenburg's port in November It was necessary to sail at this time of year to get into the right winds that would take them across the Atlantic.
While on North sea, both ships were encountered by severe November storms, came apart and both vessels were badly injured. Kalmar Nyckel eventually managed to reach the Dutch island of Texel, the largest of the Frisian islands, and there Fågel Grip also showed up, as badly damaged as Kalmar Nyckel.
The ships were repaired, water and supplies were filled, and at the last day of the year they could finally set sail and cross the Atlantic, heading towards Delaware river. After four months at sea, they finally reached skriva ut kalmar nyckel destiny at the mouth of the Delaware River on March 23, The ship sailed into a tributary at the western shore and stopped where the tributary Minquas Kill today Christina River met Brännvinskilen today's Brandywine Creek.
The Swedes called the place Paradisudden, Paradise point. The ships steered into Minquas Kill and anchored where Wilmington is located today. They were the ones who built the first Swedish fort, Fort Christina. In JunePeter Minuit left Måns Nilsson Kling in charge of the colony and sailed with Kalmar Nyckel to the westindian island Saint Christopher at the time a British colony to trade wine and destilled liquor for tobacco.
The ship Minuit had visited was never heard of again, nor the crew or passengers. Kalmar Key waited a few days and then continued without Minuit to Sweden. On the North Sea, the ship was struck by a new hard storm and was forced to cut the mast to not go underneath.
In the end, Kalmar Nyckel reached Göteborg, badly damaged. Kalmar Nyckel Calmare Nyckel var ett av de två första skeppen som seglade till Nordamerika för att anlägga kolonin Nya Sverige Det andra skeppet var Fågel Grip. Kalmar Nyckel var ett frakt- och örlogsfartyg som byggdes i Holland runt och var i svensk ägo från Fartyget var i det närmaste unikt för tiden genom att ha genomfört fyra transatlantiska seglatser.
Fartyget ingick då i den svenska flottan, men såldes sedan tillbaka till Holland På den första resan fanns bara sjömän, militärer och personal ombord, inga kvinnor och inga nybyggare.