Robin (ship)
 The robin on the flyover on a pontoon
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The cargo steamer Robin is a museum ship in the British Core Collection of the National Historic Ships Register .
history
The ship was built in 1890 as Robin at the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Blackwall, London. After being launched on September 16, 1890, the hull was towed to Scotland, where it was equipped with boilers and a steam engine at Gourlay Brothers in Dundee. On December 20, 1890, the completed ship was put into motion and in the following years operated mainly on coastal routes around the British Isles , but also made occasional trips to the continent.
The Robin was sold for the first time in 1892, and the shipowner Andrew Forrester Blackwater from Glasgow used the ship in bulk transport around Great Britain and to continental ports until 1900.
At the turn of the century, the shipping company Blanco Hermanos y Cia from Bilbao acquired the coastal steamer, renamed it Maria and used it until 1913. From 1913 to 1965 the Maria sailed for the shipping company Hijos de Angel Perez y Cia from Santander . After some renovations , the Maria spent the last part of her active career from 1965 to 1974 as a coal bunker in the service of the shipping company Eduardo de la Sota Poveda from Bilbao.
In 1972 the Maritime Trust first became aware of the Maria and in May 1974, shortly before it was supposed to be scrapped, it acquired the ship worth preserving. The following month the ship arrived under its own power in London's St. Katharine Docks , where it was given its first name Robin and, after restoration in 1974 and 1975, found its permanent berth for many years. After moving to the West India Docks , the ship underwent a major overhaul in Lowestoft between 2008 and 2010 before being relocated to its current exhibition berth , the Royal Docks in Newham , in 2011 .
technology
The ship was powered by a three-cylinder triple expansion piston steam engine with an output of 45 kW. A conventionally hand-fed coal-fired boiler was available to generate steam.
The hull is riveted . The extensive hull overhaul from 2008 to 2010 also took place using this traditional technology as far as possible.
The two holds are locked securely to sea with conventional shear sticks , wooden hatch covers and tarpaulins . The loading gear consisted of loading trees .
Web links
- The coastal steamer Homepage Robin (English)
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 20.9 ″ N , 0 ° 1 ′ 45.1 ″ E