HMS Arabis
Ship Number
1058
Vessel Type
Flower Class Corvette
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
1
Launch Date
February 14, 1940
Delivered
April 5, 1940
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
724 grt
BP Length
190 feet
Breadth
33 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
16.5 knots
Propulsion
One Steam Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion 4 cylinder 2750hp
Official No.
Registered
Fate
-
HMS Arabis

Pennant No. K73
 
Transferred to the US Navy under the Reverse Lend-Lease Program at Belfast, 30 April 1942; Commissioned USS Saucy (PG-65) the same day.
 
Decommissioned, 20 August 1945 at Chetham England.
 
Returned to the Royal Navy, 25 August 1945 and recommissioned into Royal Navy service as HMS Snapdragon;
 
Struck from the US Naval Register, 19 September 1945.
 
Sold into mercantile service, 1947 as SS Katina, renamed SS Tewfik in 1950.