History | |
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Name | Arabic |
Owner | White Star Line |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Route | Liverpool–Queenstown–New York City |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 340 |
Launched | 18 December 1902 |
Completed | 21 June 1903 |
Maiden voyage | 26 June 1903 |
Identification |
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Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-24, 19 August 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 600.7 ft (183.1 m) |
Beam | 65.5 ft (20.0 m) |
Depth | 47.6 ft (14.5 m) |
Installed power | 1,228 nhp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,400 passengers: 200 first class, 200 second class, 1,000 third class |
SS Arabic was a British-registered ocean liner that entered service in 1903 for the White Star Line. 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.