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Swedish sailing ship
Fogel Grip
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History
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Name
| Fogel Grip
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Port of registry
|
Sweden
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Launched
| early 17th century,
Netherlands
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Fate
| Wrecked August 1639
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General characteristics
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Class and type
| Sailing ship
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Length
| 30 m (98 ft)
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Sail plan
| Pinnace
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Fogel Grip
(
Bird Griffin
, Swedish:
Fagel Grip
) was a
Swedish
sailing ship
originally built in the
Netherlands
in the early 17th century. She was used on the first Swedish expedition in 1638 together with
Kalmar Nyckel
to establish the colony of
New Sweden
.
The ship
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Little is known about the vessel.
Fogel Grip
was a
full-rigged pinnace
about 30 meters (98 ft) long. Originally built in the Netherlands in the early 17th century the ship was bought by the
Swedish South Company
in 1636 or 1637.
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The New Sweden expedition
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The first expedition was prepared by
Samuel Blommaert
in secrecy in fear of the
Dutch West India Company
which at that time dominated the area. The commander was
Peter Minuit
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In November 1637,
Fogel Grip
captained by
Adrian Joransen
and
Kalmar Nyckel
captained by Jan Hindricksen van der Water left
Gothenburg
harbor. The crew was part Dutch and part Swedish; the Swedes on
Fogel Grip
were under the command of
Mans Nilsson Kling
.
[1]
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The expedition was caught in bad weather in the North Sea badly damaging both ships. Separated during the storm, both vessels made it to
Texel
and
Medemblik
for repairs. After about one month the expedition could continue and the ships left port on December 31.
[1]
[3]
[5]
Passing the
Canary Islands
and
Saint Christopher Island
the expedition reached
Delaware Bay
in March 1638 sailing up the
Delaware River
where they made landfall at the mouth of
Christina River
in present-day
Wilmington, Delaware
.
Fogel Grip
then cruised the
Caribbean Sea
for some time before returning to New Sweden bringing the former slave
Anthony Swartz
from St. Kitts. The ship was then loaded with
fur
and
tobacco
before leaving for Sweden and on the return in around June 1639 the cargo was sold.
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In August 1639,
Fogel Grip
was shipwrecked on a sand shoal in Gothenburg harbor during a storm and abandoned.
[3]
[5]
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Legacy
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Models of
Fogel Grip
and
Kalmar Nyckel
are kept at
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church
in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
.
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In 1938 the
Swedish mail
issued a
commemorative stamp
of both ships.
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References
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a
b
c
Nilsson, Jan-Erik.
"Kalmar Nyckel Project"
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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"The
Kalmar Nyckel
: A Guide to the Ship and Her History"
(PDF)
. Kalmar Nyckel Foundation. 2009. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on July 26, 2011
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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a
b
c
d
e
Henderson, John R. (July 8, 2010).
"A History of the
Kalmar Nyckel
and a New Look at New Sweden"
. Archived from
the original
on July 6, 2008
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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Johnson, Amandus
(1911).
The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware
. Vol. 1: Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638?1664. Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society.
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a
b
c
d
"1637 The Bird Griffin"
. Rootsweb.Ancestry.com
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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a
b
Englund, Peter
.
"Det gar allt ut pa penningar"
(in Swedish). Archived from
the original
on June 28, 2011
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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a
b
c
"Expeditionerna till Nya Sverige"
.
Nya Sverige i Nordamerika
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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Craig, Peter Stebbins.
"Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware 1638?1713"
. Swedish Colonial Society. Archived from
the original
on December 17, 2010
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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Boyle, Donzella Cross (2002).
"Chapter 3: New Netherland and New Sweden Are Started"
(PDF)
.
Quest of a Hemisphere
(PDF)
. Appleton, WI: Robert Welch University Press
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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"Our History ..."
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church. Archived from
the original
on June 29, 2011
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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"
'Calmare Nyckel' och 'Fagel Grip'
"
. Posten (Swedish Mail). Archived from
the original
on August 27, 2011
. Retrieved
March 4,
2011
.
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