HMS Arabis (1915)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Arabis
Builder	D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow
Launched	6 November 1915
Fate	Sunk, 10 February 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	Arabis-class sloop
Displacement	1,250 long tons (1,270 t)
Length	255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p.p. 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 × screw
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) with max. 260 tons of coal
Complement	79
Armament	2 × 1 - QF 4-inch Mk IV guns, BL 4-inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7-inch Mk IV guns 2 × 1 - 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns

HMS Arabis was an Arabis-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She had a brief career, serving during the First World War.

She was built by D. and W. Henderson and Company, of Glasgow as Yard No 497, and was launched on 6 November 1915. She was involved in a minesweeping exercise off the Dogger Bank during the night of 10 February 1916, when she was encountered by a flotilla of German destroyers. A brief action followed which led to the torpedoing and sinking of Arabis with the loss of 56 of her crew.

References[]

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.