SS Arabic was a British-registered ocean liner that entered service in 1903 for the White Star Line. She was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast and launched in December 1902; she was originally intended as Minnewaska for the Atlantic Transport Line but was transferred before completion to White Star. Twin screws were driven by separate sets of quadruple expansion engines on the builders' balanced principle. She ran first from Liverpool to New York, later on the Boston route, and returned to the New York service in January 1915. On 19 August 1915 the German submarine SM U-24 sank her south of Kinsale, killing 44 people and causing a major diplomatic incident that led to the Arabic pledge.
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Career
She was launched in Belfast on 18 December 1902.
Specifications
Arabic was fitted with twin-screw propellers driven by separate sets of quadruple expansion engines arranged on the builders' "balanced" principle.
Career, status
She was sunk on 19 August 1915, during the First World War, by German submarine SM U-24, 50 mi (80 km) south of Kinsale, causing a major diplomatic incident.
Construction
Arabic was originally intended to be Minnewaska, one of four ships ordered from Harland and Wolff, Belfast, by the Atlantic Transport Line (ATL), but fell victim to the recession and the shipbuilding rationalization following the ATL's 1902 incorporation into the IMM Co., and was transferred before completion to the White Star Line as Arabic.
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SS Arabic was a British-registered ocean liner that entered service in 1903 for the White Star Line.
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