Robin Hood

Wooden tea clipper built in 1856 by Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen, at a cost of £21.655. Dimensions: 204'0"×35'3"×21'0" and tonnage: 1185 tons OM, 853 tons, and 776 tons under deck.

1856: Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen, for James Beazley. Captain George Cobb.
1857 August 6 - November 30: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 116 days. Captain G. Cobb.
1858 September 9 - December 17: Sailed from Foochow to London in 99 days with 1.032.660 lbs of tea. Captain G. Cobb.
1859: Sailed from Scilly Island to Hong Kong in 102 days.
1859 October 1 - London 16: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 107 days. Captain G. Cobb.
1860 July 19 - November 20: Sailed from Foochow to London in 124 days. Captain G. Cobb.
1861 June 14 - October 14: Sailed from Foochow to Liverpool in 122 days. Captain G. Cobb.
1862 May 29 - October 13: Sailed from Foochow to London in 137 days. Captain J. Mann.
1863 June 4 - October 4: Sailed from Foochow to London in 122 days. Captain J. Mann.
1864 June 6 - October 6: Sailed from Foochow to London in 122 days. Captain J. Darlington.
1864 November 22: Sunk off Dungeness in a collision with the ship Spirit of Ocean.

The builder's half model of the Robin Hood is in the Abeerdeen Maritime Museum.

Updated 1996-12-28 by Lars Bruzelius

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