SS Robin
SS Robin is a 300-tonne steam coaster, a class of steamship licensed only for passage in coastal waters, the oldest complete example in the world, situated at the Royal Docks in London, England for restoration and later display from 2013.
SS Robin is one of three ships in London on the Core Collection of the National Historic Ships Register (the nautical equivalent of a Grade 1 Listed Building); the others are Cutty Sark and HMS Belfast. One of a pair of 'coasters' built in Bow Creek in 1890, the ship was originally intended to carry raw materials and the products of British industry around the UK and northern Europe.
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