-
Recent Posts
Ruth Patterson
A blog about Henry Robb's Ltd. Shipbuilders and repairers from 1918 to 1984 at Leith.
All comments, corrections and extra information very welcome as this blog is the starting point towards my writing a book about the yaird, the workers and the ships of Robb's.
My personal interest? The Henry Robb who started the firm was my great grandfather.
-
Recent Posts
Henry Robb Shipyard
April 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Henry Robb Shipyard
Ruth’s Twitter
Tweets by ruthcpattersonMy blog pages
-
Recent posts
Tag Archives: shipbuilders
Build the Ships – Chapter 10 – Epilogue (A Review)
And so we come to the final chapter of my little treasure. Not unexpectedly this chapter focuses on reviewing the achievement of British shipyards during WWII. At the start of this final, short, chapter he includes a quote from Mr … Continue reading
Posted in British Shipbuilding, British War Ships, ship repairs, Shipbuilding, Shipyards, Tradesmen, WWII
Tagged 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, adaptation, air raid damage, Albert Victor Alexander, battleships, boatyards, British shipmakers, British shipyards, British shipyards during WWII, Build the Ships, build the ships chapter 10, build the ships epilogue, building merchant shipping, building naval shipping, Canada, Canadians, Colonel Knox, corvettes, craftsmen, cruisers, depot ships, destroyers, escort aircraft carriers, experience, fast cruising minelayers, Fleet, fleet aircraft carriers, fleet minesweepers, frigates, House of Commons 1st November 1944, menace of the U-boat, merchant vessels, monitors, Mr Alexander, November 1943, Pritchett, repairing merchant shipping, repairing naval shipping, September 1939, shipbuilders, ships, skills, sloops, submarines, tonnage, tonnage displacement, U-boat, United States, United States Naval Secretary, V.S. Pritchett, versatility, war vessels, Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill 1943, WWII
Leave a comment