History
SS Robin was built in 1890 by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd. of Orchard House Yard, Bow Creek. She is a steam vessel built for coastal trade, and was built in a style that had been used since the 1840s; similar ships were in constant use up to the 1940s.
She was built by Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co and Robert Thomson for Ponsonby and Co. of Newport, Monmouthshire. SS Robin was towed to Scotland to have the engine, the boiler and the auxiliary machinery fitted by Gourlay Brothers of Dundee.
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