Tea clipper
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Name | Robin Hood |
Owner | J. Wade |
Builder | Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland |
Launched | 1856 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Clipper |
Tons burthen | 852 tons |
Length | 204 feet (62 m) |
Beam | 35 feet 1 inch (10.69 m) |
Draught | 21 feet (6.4 m)[1] |
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Robin Hood was a tea clipper built by Alexander Hall and Sons, in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1856.[2] The ship's best known commander was Capt. Cobb.[1] The ship is remembered for a 107-day passage to San Francisco.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lubbock, Basil (1921). The Colonial Clippers (2nd ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. pp. ii. OCLC 1750412.
- ^ "Sailing Ships: "Robin Hood" (1856)". www.bruzelius.info. Retrieved 3 May 2020.