| Name: | ARAL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/02/1872 |
| Completed: | 05/1872 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 259 |
| Dimensions: | 1905grt, 1492nrt, 275.2 x 34.0 x 19.7ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl, 170hp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65683 |
| History: | |
| 08/05/1872 | Nelson, Donkin & Co, London |
| 13/08/1872 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/08/1872: Sank after a collision with P&O liner KHEDIVE in |
| Garden Reach in the River Hooghly | |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to the UK |

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 16/08/1872