SS Robin relaunched
- Tue, 13 Oct 2009
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![[i]Robin[/i] as she would have looked in the days when she was plying the coastal trade routes](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003d5|a705_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24129-acv.png "[i]Robin[/i] as she would have looked in the days when she was plying the coastal trade routes")
![The BBC's [i]Coast[/i] visited the restoration site](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003da|64ca_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24127-aaw.jpg "The BBC's [i]Coast[/i] visited the restoration site")
![National Historic Ships members inspecting [i]Robin[/i]'s hull](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003d2|6aa3_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24119-abj.jpg "National Historic Ships members inspecting [i]Robin[/i]'s hull")
![Inside [i]Robin[/i]'s cargo hold](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003d1|5f5a_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24115-aac.jpg "Inside [i]Robin[/i]'s cargo hold")
![One of [i]Robin[/i]'s old hull plates](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003d0|e157_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24113-abi.jpg "One of [i]Robin[/i]'s old hull plates")
![Breaking up the cement in [i]Robin[/i]'s bilges](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003cb|953e_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24107-aaf.jpg "Breaking up the cement in [i]Robin[/i]'s bilges")
![[i]Robin[/i]'s rusty old hull](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003cf|1544_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24105-aah.jpg "[i]Robin[/i]'s rusty old hull")
![[i]Robin[/i]'s hull, now mostly cleared of the old paint](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003ce|620b_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24103-aai.jpg "[i]Robin[/i]'s hull, now mostly cleared of the old paint")
![Removing the paint from [i]Robin[/i]'s upper hull](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003cd|0cf0_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24101-aaj.jpg "Removing the paint from [i]Robin[/i]'s upper hull")
![Shotblasting the old paint off [i]Robin[/i]'s hull](http://pbo.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/9093|0000003c7|6c44_orh105w105_vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage24099-aao.jpg "Shotblasting the old paint off [i]Robin[/i]'s hull")
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