I made an error in the last item for the first barque ARAB. It arrived at Motherbank from Singapore on June 3 1873. If anyone has any further information about this arrival, it would be much appreciated. Thanks. Regards Rhonda On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Rhonda Staskow <rhonda.staskow@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi - > > Indeed there are many barques named "Arab." While it appears that the 1882 > voyages were linked to the 1880 vessel built in Apenrade, my original > research began with the Arab built by Johann Heinrich David Reimer, my G-G-G > grandfather, also in Apenrade. I have traced many of its voyages from 1859 > to 1873 with much of the time spent in the Far East trade with Captains > Bruhn and Holst and possibly Bang. The information has the ship listed out > of register around Aug 1873 but I am not sure what happened to it. The last > record I have is the arrival in Singapore, Captain Bang on June 3 1873. > > > The 2nd Arab, Captain Moos, I track from 1881 when it arrived 11 Nov in HK > from Chefoo. Then I have the trip to Manila. > > There is a story from 1883 in Google Books dated around 20 October - as > follows > > From the Life-Boat Journal > At about 3 A.M. on the 20th of October large flares were seen in the > direction of the Middle Cross Sand, and > guns and rockets were fired by the Cockle and St. Nicholas lightships. The > Caister No. 1. Life-boat Covent Garden was launched, and found the barque > Arab, in ballast from London to Newcastle with a crew of fifteen men, lying > to in the centre of the Middle Cross Sand. The Life-boat let go her anchor, > veered down, and with great difficulty boarded her. The master requested the > Life-boatmen to try to get the vessel off, and this having been successfully > accomplished, a steam-tug was engaged to tow her into Yarmouth harbour. The > wind was blowing fresh from the SW by W and there was a nasty sea on the > sand. Listed as Barque Arab of Apenrade. There were 15 on board. > > Rhonda > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Ron Mapplebeck < > ron.mapplebeck1@virgin.net> wrote: > >> I've retitled this message as it does seem quite likely we are here >> dealing with two different vessels with the same name. >> >> From Miramar I have the basic history of the steamer ARAB mentioned by >> Adi. >> Launched 23.1.1879 by J.& G.Thomson, Clydebank, and completed 3.5.1879 >> (3 May). >> 3170 gross tons, length 106.7 metres (350.0 feet according to 1897 >> Lloyd's Register) >> Arrived Hamburg August 1900 to be broken up. >> >> The barque ARAB was 541 gross tons, completed at Apenrade in August 1880 >> for J. Mathiesen. What was her career/fate? >> >> That sent me off looking for Apenrade! Now Abenra (Aabenraa) in Denmark, >> but then Apenrade in Prussia! >> >> Ron Mapplebeck (UK) >> **** >> On 07/07/2011 14:40, Mme_N_Carmichael wrote: >> > Hello Paxie, >> > >> > Are you sure it is this German/Prussian barque ARAB? I suspect that >> > it might have been the Union Steamship Company (Limited) >> > intermediate steamer ARAB, Captain Tyson, which left Southampton >> > Sat., 26 January, 1895 with passengers, mails and cargo for Lisbon, >> > Teneriffe and Cape of Good Hope. Can you give any further >> > information?, more specific dates? was SWS passenger or crew? >> > >> > Regards, Adi >> > >> > >> > >> > --- On Wed, 7/6/11, Paxie Kelsey<paxie@telkomsa.net> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hi there Is there anyone who could tell me a more complete history >> > of this barque ... I have a Stephen William SMITH who sailed on the >> > Arab from England to the Cape in 1895. Many thanks Paxie ----- >> > Original Message ----- From: Ted Finch To: Rhonda Staskow ; >> > mariners@rootsweb.com >> > >> > Hello Rhonda, >> > >> > According to American Lloyds Register, the Master's name in 1882 was >> > Moos. >> > >> > regards Ted >> > >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please >> > send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> > message >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >