The third ship by this name operated by the White Star was built in 1908 by A. G. Weser in Bremen as the S/S Berlin (2) for the Norddeutscher Lloyd. It was transferred to the White Star Line in 1920 and was refitted in Portsmouth Dockyard. On September 1921 she was renamed Arabic and made her first voyage for the White Star Line from Southampton to New York. She had a tonnage of 16,786 tons gross, 12,307 under deck and 9,657 net. Poop 70 feet long, bridge deck 359 feet and forecastle 40 feet. She had two funnels, two masts, 3 steel decks and steel shade deck sheathed in teak, 4th steel deck in holds and 9 cemented bulkheads. She was fitted with electric light, refrigerating machinery, submarine signaling device and wireless. There was a cellular double bottom 517 feet long, 2,886 tons and aft peak tank 73 tons. She had twin screws and quadruple expansion engines with 8 cylinders of 33 13/16, 48 7/16, 69 3/4 and 110 15/16 inches diameter each pair, stroke 63 inches. It was operating at 220 p.s.i. delivering 2,127 nominal horsepower. There were 6 double ended and 1 single ended boilers, 51 corrugated furnaces, grate surface 948 sq. ft., heating surface 38,104 sq. ft.. Broken up at Genoa in 1931. Call sign: KDHN. Official registration # 144346

Picture of the S/S Arabic (3), from an old postcard
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The Arabic as the S/S Berlin (2)
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The Arabic in Red Star Line colors
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