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.
Henry Robb Shipyard
Tag Archives: World War 2
Build the Ships – Chapter 9 – Build the Little Ships
This chapter begins with a description of the Dieppe raid on August 19th 1942 comparing the vision of the fleet of destroyers, motor gun-boats, torpedo boats, escorts and landing barges as seen from above to looking onto hundreds of war canoes … Continue reading →
Posted in British Shipbuilding, British War Ships, Leith Shipbuilding, Scottish Shipbuilding, Shipbuilding, Shipyards, WWII
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