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Henry Robb, Limited, known colloquially as Robbs, was a British shipbuilding company based in Leith Docks on the east coast of Scotland. Robbs was notable for building small-to-medium sized vessels, particularly tugs and dredgers. During World War II, Robbs built a large number of naval warships for the Royal Navy, including preparing the designs and building the prototype of the Basset-class anti-submarine / minesweeping trawler. In 1968, Robbs purchased, and amalgamated with, the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Dundee, forming Robb Caledon Shipbuilding. In 1977, under the provisions of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977, Robb Caledon was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders. The Caledon yard closed in 1981, Robb's yard surviving two more years, closing in 1983. This brought to an end over 600 years of shipbuilding in Leith. The land once occupied by Robb's shipyard is now the Ocean Terminal shopping centre, home to the Royal Yacht Britannia.
[edit] Robbs-built ships
- HMS Delphinium
- HMS Dianthus
- HMS Petunia
- HMS Polyanthus
- HMS Lotus
- HMS Pink
- HMS Derg
- HMS Glenarm
- HMS Ness
- HMS Niss
- HMS Windrush - transferred to the Free French in 1944 as La Decouverte, she is currently hulked after use as a fire-training ship, and is the only surviving River-class vessel.
- HMS Wye
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