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==Specification== As built, ''Robin'' was {{convert|143|ft}} long, her beam is {{convert|23|ft}}, her depth is {{convert|12.2|ft}} and her [[tonnage]] is {{GRT|366}}.<ref name=MNL1891 /> She carried about 450 tons of cargo.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} The engine is a three-cylinder [[triple expansion steam engine]], developing {{convert|152|ihp|lk=in}}, and made in 1890 by [[Gourlay Brothers|Gourlay Brothers & Co]] of [[Dundee]], Scotland.<ref name=LRS1990 /><ref name=NatHistShips /> Her maximum speed was {{convert|9|kn}}.<ref name=LRS1990 /> In [[Lloyd's Register]] she was described as a "steel screw 3-masted schooner",<ref name=LRS1930>{{cite book |title=Register of Ships |year=1930 |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0763.pdf |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register of Shipping]] |location=London}}</ref> and had indeed been provided with sails for all three masts when first built.<ref name=OldHist>{{cite web|title=The Story of the Steam Coaster Robin |url=http://www.ssrobin.co.uk/heritage_back_in_time.php |publisher=SS Robin (cached) |access-date=12 June 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130522030030/http://www.ssrobin.co.uk/heritage_back_in_time.php |archive-date=22 May 2013 }}</ref>
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