Editing SS Robin (section)

{{Short description|Steam ship}}
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|Ship caption=SS ''Robin'' September 2010, ready to leave Lowestoft
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|Ship name=*''Robin'' (1890–1900)
|Ship owner=*Robert Thomson, London (1890–1890)
*Arthur Ponsonby, Newport Mon. (1890–1892)<ref name=MNL1891>{{cite book |title=Mercantile Navy List |year=1891 |publisher=Spottiswoode & Co |location=London |page=225}}</ref>
*Alexander Blackater (The Robin Steamship Co Ltd), Glasgow (1892–1900)<ref name=MNL1893>{{cite book |title=Mercantile Navy List |url=http://anmm.smedia.com.au/Olive/AM3/ANMM8/Default.htm?href=ANMM8%2F1893%2F01%2F01&pageno=296&view=document |year=1893 |publisher=Spottiswoode & Co |location=London |page=250}}</ref><ref name=MNL1900>{{cite book |title=Mercantile Navy List |year=1900 |publisher=Spottiswoode & Co |location=London |page=301}}</ref>
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|Ship builder=Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co, then Robert Thomson, [[Orchard House Yard]], [[Blackwall, London]]<ref name=Miramar1 /><ref name=NatHistShips>{{cite web |title=SS Robin |url=http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1794/ss-robin |website=[[National Historic Ships|National Historic Ships UK]] |access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref>
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|Ship yard number=26<ref name=Miramar1 />
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|Ship launched=16 September 1890<ref name=NatHistShips />
|Ship completed=November 1890<ref name=Miramar1 />
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|Ship identification={{IMO number|5222287}}
|Ship fate= Sold to Spain 1900
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|Ship country=Spain
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Spain}}
|Ship name=''Maria'' (1900–1974)
|Ship owner=*  Blanco Hermanos y Compañia of [[Ribadesella]] (1900&ndash;1913)
*  Hijos de Angel Perez y Compañia of [[Santander, Cantabria|Santander]] (1913&ndash;1965)
*  Eduardo de la Sota Poveda of [[Bilbao]] (1965&ndash;1974)
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag=[[File:UK NHS Fleet Ensign.svg|100x35px]]
|Ship name=''Robin'' (1974–present)<ref name=Miramar1>{{cite ship register |shipname=Robin |id=101493 |register=MSI |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref>
|Ship owner=*The Maritime Trust Corp Ltd, London (1974–2002)<ref name=LRS1990 />
*SS Robin Trust (2002–)
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|Ship tonnage={{GRT|366}}<ref name=MNL1891 /> (later {{GRT|342}})<ref name=LRS1990>{{cite book |title=Register of Ships |year=1990 |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register of Shipping]] |location=London |page=394}}</ref> {{DWT|550}}
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|Ship length={{convert|143|ft|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|loa]]<ref name=MNL1891 />
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|Ship depth={{convert|11|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=MNL1891 />
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|Ship sail plan= Originally [[schooner]] rigged 
|Ship power=[[Triple expansion#Multiple expansion engines|Triple expansion steam engine]] {{convert|152|ihp|abbr=on}}<ref name=LRS1990 />
|Ship propulsion=Single screw<ref name=LRS1990 /><ref name=NatHistShips />
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'''SS ''Robin''''' is a 350 [[gross register tonnage|gross registered ton]] (GRT) steam [[Coastal trading vessel|coaster]], a class of [[steamship]] designed for carrying bulk and general cargoes in coastal waters, and the oldest complete example in the world.  One of a pair of coasters built in [[Bow Creek (England)|Bow Creek]], [[London]] in 1890, the ship was built for British owners, but spent most of her long working life on the Spanish coast as ''Maria''.

In 1974, she was purchased for restoration as ''Robin'' and is listed by [[National Historic Ships]] as part of the [[National Historic Fleet]] (the nautical equivalent of a [[Grade 1 Listed Building]]).  She is situated at [[Trinity Buoy Wharf]] in east London, opening as the SS ''Robin'' museum, theatre and educational centre in 2014.