| Noteable events involving Arabis include: 19 Jun, 1940
HMS Arabis (Lt.Cdr. B. Blewitt, RNR) picks up 15 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Tudor that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 northwest of Cape Finisterre in position 45º10'N, 11º50'W. 21 Sep, 1940
HMS Arabis (Lt.Cdr. B. Blewitt, RNR) picks up 23 survivors from the British whale factory ship New Sevilla that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-138 52 miles northwest of Rathlin Island in position 55º50'N, 07º30'W. 23 Jan, 1941
The British merchant Lurigethan is bombed and damaged by a German FW200 aircraft. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up by the British corvette HMS Arabis (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, RNR), which stayed near the ship to wait for a tug.
At 02.12 hours on 26 January 1941, the burning and abandoned Lurigethan was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-105 west of Ireland in position 53º46'N, 16º00'W. 29 Jun, 1941
The German submarine U-651 was sunk south of Iceland, in position 59º52'N, 18º36'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Malcolm )(Cdr. C.D. Howard-Johnston, DSC, RN), HMS Scimitar (Lt. R.D. Franks, RN), the corvettes HMS Arabis (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, RNR) and HMS Violet (Lt.Cdr. K.M. Nicholson, RNR) and the minesweeper HMS Speedwell (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Youngs, OBE, RNR).
HMS Arabis also picks up a survivor from the British merchant Greyburn one of U-651's last victims. (see map) |
