Dr Robb Robinson

Dr Robb Robinson is a maritime historian based at the Blaydes Maritime Centre, Hull and an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Hull. He comes from a family steeped in the business of seafaring and the sea for generations and is the author of five books and numerous academic articles. His publications include Far Horizons: from Hull to the Ends of the Earth which is a collection of biographies of people and ships that have made a global impact and is one of the Trustees of the Viola Trust which seeks the return to the UK of one of the last surviving vessels which saw action in the Great War.