| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Arabis |
| Namesake | Arabis |
| Ordered | 19 September 1939 |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 1058[1] |
| Laid down | 30 October 1939 |
| Launched | 14 February 1940 |
| Completed | 5 April 1940[1] |
| Commissioned | 5 April 1940 |
| Out of service | 30 April 1942 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K73 |
 United States | |
| Name | Saucy |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 20 August 1945 |
| Out of service | 26 August 1945 |
| Stricken | 19 September 1945 |
| Identification | Hull number: PG-65 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Snapdragon |
| Namesake | Snapdragon |
| Identification | Pennant number: K73 |
| Fate | Sold into merchant service in 1946.[Note 1] Renamed SS Katina in 1947. Renamed SS Tewfik in 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament |
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HMS Arabis was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Arabis. She was transferred to the United States Navy in 1942, serving as USS Saucy. Returned to the United Kingdom in 1945, she was recommissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Snapdragon.
- ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780752488615.
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