Kalmar Nyckel
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Kalmar Nyckel was a 17th-century Dutch-built armed merchant ship best known for transporting Swedish settlers to North America and helping establish the colony of New Sweden along the Delaware River.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalmar Nyckel monument | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed merchant ship
ⓘ
sailing ship ⓘ ship ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | 1650s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1620s ⓘ |
| armament | cannons ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Delaware Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
colony of New Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Dutch shipbuilders ⓘ |
| carried |
settlers
ⓘ
supplies ⓘ trade goods ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Peter Minuit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various Swedish captains ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| fate | lost at sea ⓘ |
| fateDate | 1650s ⓘ |
| firstArrivalLocation | present-day Wilmington, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstArrivalYear | 1638 ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
colonial supply ship
ⓘ
royal transport ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 17th century ⓘ |
| launchDate | c. 1625 ⓘ |
| legacy |
namesake of modern replica ship
ⓘ
symbol of Swedish colonization in North America ⓘ |
| madeTransatlanticVoyages | multiple ⓘ |
| namedAfter | city of Kalmar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping establish the colony of New Sweden
ⓘ
transporting Swedish settlers to North America ⓘ |
| operator | Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portOfRegistry | Kalmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | merchant ship ⓘ |
| replicaBuilt | 1997 ⓘ |
| replicaFunction |
educational vessel
ⓘ
sailing museum ⓘ |
| replicaHomePort | Wilmington, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replicaOperator | Kalmar Nyckel Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryRole | warship ⓘ |
| serviceIn | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy |
New Sweden Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedish South Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
New Sweden Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedish Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voyageDestination |
Delaware River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Kalmar Nyckel monument