Robbins began his Danish career in 1642 as a master shipwright at
Bremerholm, the Danish main naval station, with the obligation to teach his craft to persons in "His Royal Majesty's service". One of his first assignments, was in 1642 to control if the
upper deck of the ship
Trefoldighed, being built in
Neustadt, was done according to pattern. In 1645 Robbins was ordered to Norway to build ships from timber supplied by
Hannibal Sehested, the Danish
statholder. The
timber purveyor, Frederik Bøjsen, a
burgher of
Christiania, was the
government contractor for the building of the ships. In the
shipyard on
Hovedøya, in the
Oslo Fiord, he successively built the naval ships
Hannibal, a
two-decker with 60
gun ports,
launched in 1647;
Sophia Amalia, a
three-decker with 100 gun ports, launched in 1650; and
Prins Christian, a two-decker with 91 gun ports, launched in the same year. Robbins returned to Denmark and remained in service at Bremerholm until 1665. He continued to live in
Copenhagen, re-entered royal service in 1668, and died while active in 1680. ==References==