Arabia
Ship Number
307
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
5
Launch Date
21 November 1896
Delivered
7 March 1897
Owner
Hamburg Amerika Line
Weight
5550 grt
BP Length
400 feet
Breadth
49 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
quadruple expansion constructed in Belfast
Official No.
93660
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
Arabia

[Seen as Barcelona]
One funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was capacity for 20-1st and 1,100-3rd class passengers she sailed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg for Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore on 17th March 1897.
 
She started her last Hamburg - New York voyage on 12/5/1899 and was then sold to Sloman of Hamburg and renamed Barcelona. She resumed Hamburg - New York sailings for her new owners on 5th July 1899, and in May 1903 was chartered back to Hamburg America Line. They eventually repurchased her from Sloman in 1907 and she continued North Atlantic voyages until 16th May 1914 when she started her last Hamburg - Baltimore sailing.
 
In June 1914 she started her first New York to the Mediterranean crossing, on route to the Black Sea and was seized by Italy in 1915.
 
Renamed Ancona, and used by Italian owners until 1924 when she was scrapped.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.403]