It was originally the Kalmar Nyckel that was meant to sail towards the colony, however, it was so damaged that it had no chance of making it across the Atlantic.

[1] The captain of the Kattan was Cornelius Lucifer and the two shipmates were Måns Bengtsson and Jan Janson Bockhorn.

[2] The women and children on board were put into the lifeboats and rowed towards a nearby island with provisions.

A severe storm later broke out and the crew was forced to cut off the masts and throw them into the water.

[2] After 5 days of surviving on the island, a bark passed by the stranded island, and the Swedes quickly fired two distress signals, but the ship did not dare to help as the skipper thought they were a pirate crew, and sailed to Puerto Rico to notify the Spaniards about it.