Background
Robbins was born in London, England and served on HMS from 2 April 1805 till he was discharged on 14 January 1806, meaning that he served during, and survived the Battle of Trafalgar.
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Samuel Robbins
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Susan Cooper wrote a novel by the name of, in 2006, partly based on the life of Samuel Robbins. In the book "" there is a girl named Molly who gets drawn into the story and sees the battle of Trafalgar for herself the battle was gory and scary to her but at the end it all works out for little girl Molly. Samuel lived the first twelve years of his life in Britain, before volunteering or being impressed into Service on HMS Robbins spent about one year in service on HMS, serving during the Battle of Trafalgar, as a powder monkey or ships boy before being discharged as a servant to one of the gunners.
