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| Name | Arab (1847) | Explanation | |
| Type | 2nd class brig | ||
| Launched | 31 March 1847 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 481 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 16 | ||
| Fate | 1879 | ||
| Class | Acorn | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1863 Coastguard. 1867 = WV.18 | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 August 1847 - 27 February 1851 | Commanded by Commander William Morris, Cape of Good Hpoe and East Indies | ||
| 18 August 1853 | Commanded by Commander Graham Ogle, North America and West Indies | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 14 September 1848 | Extract of a letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated July 1: "Since my last I have to notice the arrival of the Hercules, 74. Master Commander Fulton, for Bombay, to load teak for the dockyards in England, 31st of May; the Arab, 12, Commander Morris, on the 11th of June, from Mozambique; the Havannah, 22, Captain Erskine, 21st of June; and the Dee steam trooper, Master Commander Filmer, on the 23d. The Havannah beat the Dee three days in the voyage from Madeira. Mrs. Stokes, wife of Captain J. L. Stokes, of the Acheron steam-sloop, died here on the 10th ult., and the Acheron sailed for New Zealand on the 15th" | ||
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