Robin Hood (clipper)

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Career (United Kingdom)

Name:	Robin Hood
Owner:	J. Wade
Builder:	Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland
Launched:	1856
General characteristics
Class & type:	Clipper
Tons burthen:	852 tons
Length:	204 ft.
Beam:	35 ft. 1 in.
Draught:	21 ft.^[1]

Robin Hood was a tea clipper built by Alexander Hall and Sons, in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1856. The ship’s best known commander was Capt. Cobb.^[1] The ship is remembered for a 107 day passage to San Francisco.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Lubbock, Basil (1921). The Colonial Clippers (2nd ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. pp. ii. OCLC 1750412.
↑ Robin Hood clipper ship card

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