Robin Hood (ship)
{{Short description|Tea clipper}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Samuel Walters - The sailing ship Robin Hood (1857).jpg | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} | Ship name = Robin Hood | Ship owner = J. Wade | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1856 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | 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 }} | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
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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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Category:Individual sailing vessels
Category:Ships built in Aberdeen
Category:Tea in the United Kingdom
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