SS Arabic (1920)

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SS Arabic at sea
History
German Empire
Name	Berlin
Operator	Norddeutscher Lloyd
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Launched	7 November 1908
Completed	25 April 1909
Commissioned	October 1914[1]
Fate	Interned 18 November 1914
United Kingdom
Name	Arabic
Operator	White Star Line Red Star Line
Acquired	by purchase, November 1920
In service	7 September 1921
Fate	Sold for scrapping, December 1931
General characteristics [2]
Tonnage	16,786 GRT
Displacement	23,700 t
Length	613 ft (187 m)
Beam	69 ft 8 in (21.23 m)
Propulsion	Quadruple expansion steam engines, 16,000 ihp (11,931 kW), 2 propellers
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Capacity	3212 passengers: 266 × 1st class 246 × 2nd class 2,700 × 3rd class
Crew	410

SS Arabic, originally built as Berlin, was a passenger steamship launched on 7 November 1908 which was built by the AG Weser shipbuilding company in Germany. Her gross register tonnage was advertised at 16,786 tons. She made her maiden voyage on 1 May 1909 from New York to Genoa and Bremerhaven. In September 1914 she became an auxiliary cruiser with the Imperial German Navy as a minelayer.

Berlin remained in Norway for the duration of the war. In 1919 she was transferred to Britain as war reparations and put into service as the White Star Line's Arabic. In 1931 she was discarded and broken up for scrap.