Name: | ARABIS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/03/1914 |
Completed: | 09/1914 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 922 |
Dimensions: | 3928grt, 2985nrt, 350.0 x 47.1 x 24.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 4cyl (16.125 x 33.875ins), 302nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136783 |
History: | |
07/02/1915 | Flower Motor Ship Co Ltd (M Samuel & Co Ltd), London |
16/09/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Hull was sub-contracted to Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank |
The engines were deemed to have been unsatisfactory. See press report | |
16/09/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U54 when 210 miles W by S of Ouessant | |
On a voyage from Sfax to Falmouth with a cargo of phosphate rock |
Pall Mall Gazette, Saturday, 26/06/1915