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SS Arab

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History
United Kingdom
NameSS Arab
OperatorUnion Steamship Company
Port of registrySouthampton
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

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  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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