Lifeboats full of passengers are watching the imminent sinking of the Arabia.

Passengers of the ARABIA in one of the lifeboats. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia History Caird & Company built Arabia at Greenock on the River Clyde, launching her in November 1897 and completing her in March 1898. She had capacity for 317 first class and 152 second class passengers, a tota

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia History Caird & Company built Arabia at Greenock on the River Clyde, launching her in November 1897 and completing her in March 1898. She had capacity for 317 first class and 152 second class passengers, a total of 469. She was the first ocean liner to have a c

Cunard Line Built 1947 by Sir James Laing, Sunderland 8632 gross tons, 505 foot x 64 foot beam, speed @ 15 knots Accommodation for 12 passengers Maiden voyage Liverpool to New York 8 January 1948 1963 sold to International Marine Corp. re-named 'Onshun' Seen on the River Thames 1st April 1963

Watercolour of Cunard's "Arabia" in the Mersey