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| Johann Philip Edinger was 22 years old when he came to America aboard the St. Andrew. |
The St Andrew galley was a three-masted ship with square sails and
a square-sterned galley- type hull design of about 150 tons. Built
1733 in Philadelphia. Fitted with accommodation for passengers
including compartments. 8 or 9 pairs of oars, if fitted. 8
deck-mounted guns, later increased to 20. Around 15 crew. Transported
emigrants mostly from Rotterdam to Philadelphia from 1734 to 1752.
Masters: John Stedman, Robert Robinson, James Proud, Charles Stedman,
John Evans, Robert Brown, James Abercrombie, John Brown, Andrew
Breading. Owned by 3 London merchants, managed by Charles &
Alexander Stedman, Second Street, Philadelphia.
“The Ship St. Andrew, Galley, A Hypothesis” by Alfred T. Meschter.
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