HMS Arabis (1915)

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

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Arabis.

History
Class and type:	Arabis-class sloop
Name:	HMS Arabis
Builder:	D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow
Launched:	6 November 1915
Fate:	Sunk, 10 February 1916
General characteristics
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 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Range:	2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) with max. 260 tons of coal
Complement:	79 men
Armament:	2 × 1 - QF 4 inch Mk IV guns, BL 4 inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns and 2 × 1 - 3-pounders (47 mm) AA.

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.