SS Arab (1879)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameSS Arab
OperatorUnion Steamship Company
Port of registry Southampton
BuilderJames & George Thomson, Clydebank
Yard number168
Launched23 January 1879
IdentificationOfficial number: 76846
FateScrapped, 1901
General characteristics
TypeSteamship
Tonnage
  • 3170 grt
  • 2044 nrt
Length350 feet (110 m)
Beam40.2 feet (12.3 m)
Depth23.6 feet (7.2 m)

SS Arab was a steamship built by James & George Thomson and launched in 1879 for the Union Steamship Company. [1] [2] [3]

She was transferred to the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company in 1901 and scrapped that year at Harburg. [4]

Arab brought home the New South Wales Contingent that had served in Sudan with British forces as part of the Suakin Expedition, arriving at Sydney on 19 June 1885.

References

  1. ↑ "Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1890". Google. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Arab". Home. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Screw Steamer ARAB built by James & George Thomson in 1879 for Union Steam Ship Co., Southampton, Passenger / Cargo". Welcome to the Scottish Shipbuilding Database. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Roussel, Mike; Warwick, Sam (2015). The Union Castle Line. History Press. ISBN   978-0-7509-6291-9.

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