SS Arabic (1881)

SS Arabic
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Arabic
Owner	White Star Line
Operator	White Star Occidental and Oriental Steamship Co.
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	Liverpool-New York (1881; 12 May 1887 – 19 April 1888) San Francisco-Hong Kong (1882-1886; under charter) London-Melbourne-Sydney (via Cape Town) (1886; under charter) London-Queenstown-New York (30 March-12 May 1887)[1]
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast Engines by J. Jack and Co. of Liverpool
Yard number	141
Launched	30 April 1881
Completed	12 August 1881
Acquired	12 August 1881
Maiden voyage	10 September 1881
Out of service	February 1890
Fate	Sold to the Holland America Line in February 1890
Netherlands
Name	SS Spaarndam
Owner	Holland America Line
Port of registry	Rotterdam
Acquired	February 1890
In service	29 March 1890
Out of service	7 February 1901
Fate	Broken up August 1901
General characteristics
Class and type	Cargo/passenger freighter
Tonnage	4,368 gross register tons
Length	430.167 ft (131.115 m)
Beam	42.167 ft (12.853 m)
Installed power	Sail Compound-expansion steam reciprocating engine, producing 2,000 ihp
Propulsion	Single propeller
Sail plan	Four masts (rigged for sail)
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Capacity	50 second-class
Notes	Steel construction, single funnel

SS Arabic was a steamship of the White Star Line and its first steel-hulled vessel. Like her predecessors, she was built by shipbuilders Harland and Wolff of Belfast.