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ROBIN river gunboat (1, 1934)


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Robin

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Robin T65 1637 Yarrow, Scotstoun 4.1933 7.3.1934 7.1934 scuttled 25.12.1941


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

226

Displacement full, t275
Length, m

47.6

Breadth, m

8.13

Draught, m

1.07 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 1 Admiralty 3-drum boiler

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

12.75

Fuel, t

oil 41

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 х 1 - 87/13 mountain howitzer Mk I, 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 8 x 1 - 7.7/94

Complement

35



Standard scale images


<i>nearly sister-ship Sandpiper</i> 1933
nearly sister-ship Sandpiper 1933


Graphics


<i>Robin</i>
Robin


Project history

Small gunboat designed for service on the Chinese rivers and represented the further development of WWI-era "Fly" class. Robin was designed for actions on shoal and had very shallow draught.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

Robin served at Hong Kong in 1941 and was scuttled by own crew to avoid capture 25.12.1941. 

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.