Arabic (II)
Owner: Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (White Star Line)
Ship Details
Details
Vessel Type: Passenger ship
Official No: 118023
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Queen's Island, Belfast
Yard No: 340
Laid down: 17 October 1901
Launched: 18 December 1902
Handed over: 17 June 1903
Port & Date of Registry: Liverpool, 17 June 1903
Managing Owner & Address: Harold Arthur Sanderson, 30 James Street, Liverpool
Description
Number of Decks: 5
Number of Masts: 4
Rigged: Schooner
Stern: Elliptical
Build: Clencher
Framework & Description of Vessel: Steel
Number of Bulkheads: 10
Number of water ballast tanks: 17
Dimensions
Length: 600.7 ft
Breadth: 65.5 ft
Depth: 51.95 ft
Gross Registered Tonnage: 15,801.14
Machinery
Engine Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Engine Type: 2 X quadruple expansion direct acting vertical inverted cylinders
Cylinders: 2 X 30; 2 X 43; 2 X 63; 2 X 89 inches
Stroke: 60 inches
Nominal Horse Power: 1,834
Boilers
Description: Cylindrical multi-tubular
Number: 8 double & 4 single ended
Iron or Steel: Steel
Pressure when loaded: 214 lbs
Screw: Twin
Speed: 16 knots
Signal Letters: V. C. N. Q.
NOTES
Arabic was White Star's first duel purpose liner, both passenger and cruise ship. She operated on the Liverpool to New York service and together with Cymric ran on the new service to Boston. She made a number of holiday cruises from New York to the Mediterranean which proved highly successful and led the company to further develop this new concept in ocean travel. She was lost through enemy action on 19 August 1915.
