| Name: | ARAWA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/11/1906 |
| Completed: | 02/1907 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 783 |
| Dimensions: | 9626grt, 5912nrt, 459.0 x 59.9 x 31.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (23.25, 38.5 & 66 x 48ins), 899nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 124461 |
| History: | |
| 25/01/1907 | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton |
| 1928 | Arnold Bernstein, Hamburg; renamed KONIGSTEIN |
| 1930 | Arnold Bernstein Schiffahrts GmbH, Hamburg |
| 1940 | Etablissements Van Heyghen Freres SA, Antwerp; renamed GANDIA |
| 22/01/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for the London to New Zealand service |
| Accommodation for 40 x 1st, 60 x 2nd & 120 x 3rd Class passengers | |
| 1914: Requisitioned by the British Government & used as a troop ship | |
| 1921: Returned to commercial service | |
| 22/01/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U135, 420 miles east of Cape Race | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to St John New Brunswick with a cargo of potash |
Above photo as ARAWA is copyright of FC Gould. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as ARAWA is copyright of FC Gould. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as ARAWA is copyright of J Aldersley
Above photo as ARAWA is copyright of J Aldersley
Above photo showing ARAWA as a troopship is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo as KONIGSTEIN is courtesy of George Robinson
Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 05/12/1906