HMNZS Arabis (K385)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Arabis.

History
New Zealand
Builder	George Brown & Co, Scotland
Commissioned	1944
Decommissioned	1948
Identification	Pennant number: K385
Fate	broken up August 1951
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	980 tons standard 1,350 tons full load
Length	63.5 m (208 ft) o/a
Beam	10.1 m (33 ft)
Draught	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	2 fire tube oilers, one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine 2,880 ihp (2,130 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC, radar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk IX gun 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns ATW Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar Depth charge projectors: 72 depth charges

HMNZS Arabis was a modified Flower-class corvette of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Arabis, she was transferred to the RNZN on completion. She was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1948.

After a refit, Arabis sailed for the Solomons, arriving at Renard Sound on 14 December 1944 where her captain took over as senior officer, 25th Minesweeper Flotilla, from Matai. She returned to Auckland on 20 June 1945. Two voyages to Nouméa followed in July 1945 to escort with Tui the twelve RNZN Fairmiles back home to Auckland.

Fate

Arabis was decommissioned in 1948, and broken up for scrap in 1951.

See also

• Corvettes of the Royal New Zealand Navy

References

• Walters, Sydney David (1956) The Royal New Zealand Navy: Official History of World War II, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington Online
• McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Page 49–51. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-477-01399-4