SS Arabic, built as Berlin, was an ocean liner launched on 7 November 1908 by the AG Weser shipyard in Germany. She made her maiden voyage on 1 May 1909 from Bremerhaven to New York and Genoa. In September 1914 she became an auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy as a minelayer.
Berlin remained in Norway for the remainder of the war. In 1919 she was transferred to Britain as war reparations and became White Star Line's Arabic. In 1931 she was discarded and broken up for scrap.
History
Early career
Berlin was built in 1908 by AG Weser of Bremen for the North German Lloyd shipping line, and saw service on the Genoa to New York City route prior to the outbreak of the First World War. In August 1914 Berlin was at Bremerhaven undergoing repairs, and was taken over by the Imperial German Navy for service as an auxiliary cruiser.[3]