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.

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Kalmar Nyckel monument 1

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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

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New Sweden foundingShip Kalmar Nyckel
Fort Christina hasMonument Kalmar Nyckel
this entity surface form: Kalmar Nyckel monument