Welcome Hello and
welcome ! This site is dedicated to the ships built at the last
shipyard, here on the River Forth – Henry Robb’s of Leith. I don’t intend to
give a detailed history of every ship built on this site, after all it runs
to several hundred. I am really trying to collect as much information about
the stories of these ships of Leith.
To get
things started I have added a brief history of some of the forgotten WARSHIPS built during the Second World
War. I would really like to hear from you if served on or built any of these ships.I will
from time to time feature different ships that I collect information on. If
you have a suggestion for any Robb ship you would like to hear about please
E-mail me.
Your help
This is
where you can now help me ! I
would like to hear from you if you have any connection with a Henry Robb ship. All
information is welcome, weather it is details of a trip, an anecdote or
incident, the name of the captain, a brief history or anything you can think
of !! I would also gladly welcome any photographs/drawings of the ships.
It has
been very easy to trace the history of some of the more well know Robb ships
such as the icebreaker RRS Bransfield, the steam ferry South Steyne or the
huge salvage tug SA Wolraad
Woltemade. The
hardest to trace are the ordinary workhorses of the merchant navy such as
tugs, dredgers or tankers. It is these vessels I would most like to hear about.Any
information no matter how small would be welcome, remember what you think may
be common knowledge maybe news to me !!I would especially like to hear from you if you worked at Henry Robbs or have some association
with the yard. Although I am not trying to record a history of the yard, I
will collate any information in connection with the yard. At the moment I
have no plans to publish anything but if it is possible to build a more
complete picture then who knows.
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