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 & type | Arabis-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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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 torpedo boats. A brief action followed which led to the torpedoing and sinking of Arabis with the loss of 56 of her crew.