| Name: | BESHTAU also seen as BESH-TAOO |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/02/1907 |
| Completed: | 03/1907 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 415 |
| Dimensions: | 1123grt, 652nrt, 240.2 x 35.0 x 12.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 44 x 33ins), 143nhp |
| Engines by: | Ross & Duncan, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 03/1907 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa |
| 09/1914 | Imperial Russian Navy |
| 1924 | European Shipping Co Ltd (A Rappoport), London |
| 1925 | Soc Carbonifera Prospera, Rio de Janeiro; renamed PROVIDENCIA |
| 1928 | Holum & Cia, Rio de Janeiro |
| 1933 | Cia “Serras” de Nav e Comercio, Rio de Janeiro; renamed SERRA AZUL |
| 1935 | Renamed ARARA |
| 17/08/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/1914: Converted for use as a minelayer & transport N148 in the Black Sea |
| 1918: Returned to owners | |
| 17/08/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U507, 30 miles SW of Salvador | |
| On a voyage from Bahia to Santos with a cargo of scrap iron |
Above photo as ARARA is courtesy of Photoship