Sophia Vile / Murray / Abbott / Hodder, NZ Emigrant; "Arab"; 1841

Arrival of the “Arab.”

The ship “Arab,” 484 tons, commanded by Capt. John Summers, and advertised by John Pirie and Co., Cornhill. to sail on the 1st June, left London June 3rd, and Dartmouth on June 15th, 1841, and arrived at the Port in October with 37 married couples, 15 single men, 12 single women, 51 children under fourteen, and 4 under seven.

Arab
Not to be confused with the 269-ton barque that also sailed in Australian waters at the same time.

The Arab was a 485-ton copper sheathed ship (originally 415-ton) built at Stockton in 1840 and owned by J Irving.
She was engaged in 1841 by the New Zealand Company to sail to Port Nicholson from Cornhill on 1 June, London on 3 June, and Dartmouth on 15 June under Captain John Summers. She arrived at Port Nicholson on 16 October with 200 settlers. She left Port Nicholson in either December 1841 or January 1842.
In 1844 to 1846 the Arab was engaged on the London – Bombay route under Captain G Forster.
She may have been lost in a storm on 26 August 1847 in the Indian Ocean south of Indonesia and west of Australia at latitude 16 south longitude 99 east.