List of ships named Arabia explained

A number of ships have been named Arabia including:

• Arabia (1851), a paddle passenger and mail steamer launched for Cunard, sold to Royal Mail Line and completed as La Plata^[1]
• (1852), a paddle passenger and mail steamer built for Cunard, scrapped in 1867
• (1853), a steamboat sunk in the Missouri River in 1856 and excavated from 1988 to 1989
• (1853), a barque foundered in Lake Huron in 1884, now a diving site
• Arabia (1863), a passenger-cargo liner built for British India Steam Navigation^[2]
• Arabia (1883), a passenger-cargo liner built for Anchor Line^[3]
• Arabia (1896), a cargo liner built for Hamburg America Line, renamed Barcelona, and an Italian prize in WW2^[4]
• (1897), an ocean liner and mail steamer built for P&O and torpedoed in 1916
• Arabia (1901), a cargo liner built for Hamburg America Line,^[5]
• (1903), a fishing trawler that served as a naval patrol vessel in commission 1918–1919
• Arabia (1925), an Italian cargo liner, captured in 1940, becoming a Royal Navy coaling hulk^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Plata . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . 26 May 2024.
2. Web site: Arabia . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . 26 May 2024.
3. Web site: Arabia . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . 26 May 2024.
4. Web site: Arabia . Harland & Wolff . 26 May 2024.
5. Web site: Arabia . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . 26 May 2024.
6. Book: Colledge . J J . Ships of the Royal Navy: an Historical Index, Vol 2 . 1970 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 27.