Arabic, 1908

Item

Identifier: imm-0023

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1908

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: White Star Line

Builder and location: AG Weser, Bremen

Tonnage and dimensions: 16,821 tons; 590' x 69'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 17 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 266; 2nd class: 246; 3rd class: 2,700

Routes: Southampton-NY; Genoa-Naples-Boston-NY; Hamburg-NY; Liverpool-NY

History: Launched as BERLIN for North German Lloyd. Sold to White Star 1920, refitted and renamed ARABIC. First voyage 9/7/21. 1925-1929 in Red Star Line service Antwerp-Southampton-NY. Broken up 1932.

Legacy record identifier: Arabic1908