Robin Hood (ship)

{{Short description|Tea clipper}}

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| Ship country = United Kingdom

| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}}

| Ship name = Robin Hood

| Ship owner = J. Wade

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| Ship builder = Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland

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| Ship launched = 1856

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| Ship type = Clipper

| Ship tons burthen = 852 tons

| Ship length = {{convert|204|ft|m}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|35|ft|1|in|m}}

| Ship draught = {{convert|21|ft|m}}

{{Cite book

| last = Lubbock

| first = Basil

| authorlink = Basil Lubbock

| title = The Colonial Clippers

| url = https://archive.org/details/colonialclippers0000lubb

| publisher = James Brown & Son

| edition = 2nd

| date = 1921

| location = Glasgow

| pages = ii

| oclc = 1750412 }}

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File:ROBIN HOOD (Ship) (c112-02-21).jpg

Robin Hood was a tea clipper built by Alexander Hall and Sons, in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1856.{{Cite web|title=Sailing Ships: "Robin Hood" (1856)|url=http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Robin_Hood(1856).html|website=www.bruzelius.info|access-date=2020-05-03}} The ship's best known commander was Capt. Cobb. The ship is remembered for a 107-day passage to San Francisco.

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