HMS Arabis (K73)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Arabis
Namesake	Arabis
Ordered	19 September 1939
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	1058
Laid down	30 October 1939
Launched	14 February 1940
Completed	5 April 1940
Commissioned	5 April 1940
Out of service	30 April 1942
Identification	Pennant number: K73
United States
Name	Saucy
Commissioned	30 April 1942
Decommissioned	20 August 1945
Out of service	26 August 1945
Stricken	19 September 1945
Identification	Hull number: PG-65
United Kingdom
Name	Snapdragon
Namesake	Snapdragon
Identification	Pennant number: K73
Fate	Sold into merchant service in 1946. Renamed SS Katina in 1947. Renamed SS Tewfik in 1950
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Two fire tube boilers; One 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine,; generating 2,750 hp (2,050 kW);
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk IX gun,; 1 × 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount; 2 × 20 mm twin machine guns,; 2 × stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges;

HMS Arabis was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Arabis. She was transferred to the United States Navy in 1942, serving as USS Saucy. Returned to the United Kingdom in 1945, she was recommissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Snapdragon.

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