| Name: | ARABISTAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/06/1929 |
| Completed: | 27/07/1929 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 496 |
| Dimensions: | 5874grt, 3701nrt, 425.7 x 55.0 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 78 x 51ins) & LP turbine, DR geared, 787nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 161272 |
| History: | |
| 05/1928 | Strick Line (1923) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 11/08/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 14/08/1942: Sunk by the German raider MICHEL. 65 crew died |
| On a voyage from Cape Town to Trinidad in ballast |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley