Losses in WW1

Aparima was a 5,704 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship (ref) completed in 1902 by William Denny & Bros. for Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand Ltd. She was sunk on 19 November 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-40 at position 50° 29' N, 01° 58' W - approximately 6 nautical miles from Anvil Point. She was sailing in ballast from London to Barry where she was due to take on coal. This was one of New Zealand's worse shipping losses in the war and 17 of 30 cadets on board were amongst those lost.

Arab was a 4,248 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1890 by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd. for W.& R.Thomson and later owned by A.R.Burkhill & Sons of Shanghai. She was sunk on 7 January 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-50 at position 37° 28' N, 09° 23' E - approximately 18 nautical miles North by East of Cape Serrat, Tunisia. She was en route from Cardiff to Messina with a cargo of coal.ah

Arabia was a 7,903 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship completed in 1897 by Caird & Co. for Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Co. She was sunk on 6 November 1916 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-43 approximately 112 nautical miles West by South of Cape Matapan. She was en route from Sydney to London carrying passengers and a general cargo.

Arabic was a 15,801 passenger/cargo ship (ref) originally laid down as Minnewaska for Atlantic Transport Co. Ltd. but completed in 1903 by Harland & Wolff for Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (White Star Line). She was sunk on 19 August 1915 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-24 at position 50° 50' N, 08° 32' W whilst sailing from Liverpool to New York carrying passengers, mail and general cargo. The loss of there American passengers caused a diplomatic incident.

As far as I am able to ascertain,Arabie was a 613 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1899 by Robert Craggs for Manchester Liverpool Line as Albatross and renamed Arabie and owned by Plisson & Co. in 1915. She survived the war and I have found no information about how Mr McLoughlin lost his life.

Arabis was a 3,697 GRT diesel engined cargo ship that was completed in 1914 by Smith;s Dock Co. for Flower Motor Ship Co. Ltd. of London. She was sunk on 16 September 1917 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-54 at position 46° 28' N, 09° 42' W en route from Sfax in Tunisia to Falmouth with a cargo of phosphate.

Aracataca was a 4,154 GRT steam cargo ship (ref) completed in 1911 by Workman Clark for Elders & Fyffes Ltd. She was damaged on 10 March 1917 by gunfire from German submarine U-44 at position 51° 19' N, 16° 03' W. She was en route from Port Limon to Garston with a general cargo.

Aragon was a 9,441 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship (ref) completed in 1905 by Harland & Wolff for Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. She was sunk on 30 December 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-34 at position 31° 18' N, 24° 48' E - Alexandria Roads. She was in use as a troop carrier and was en route from Marseille to Alexandria to transport about 2,200 troops to reinforce the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire. The ship was left outside the port waiting for permission to enter and was in effect a sitting duck. Many survivors were taken aboard Attack but she was also torpedoed. Overall 610 lives were lost.

Arbonne was a 672 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1908 by W.Harkess & Son for T.C.Steven & Co. She was sunk on 26 February 1916 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-2 approximately 3 miles east of Kentish Knock light vessel in the Thames Estuary. She was en route from Le Havre to Newcastle in ballast.

There were no survivors

Arca was a 4,839 GRT steam tanker completed in 1912 by Palmers for Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. She was sunk on 2 October 1918 by a torpedo from German submarine U-118 at position 55° 45' N, 07° 35' W - approximately 40 nautical miles North-West by West of Tory Island. She was en route from Philadelphia to Portishead with a cargo of benzine. She had survived an earlier attack by UC-75 on 6 January 1918.