Arab
Ship: 484 tons
Captain: John Sumner
Surgeon Superintendent: William Stevens Butler
Sailed England 5th June 1841 - arrived Port Nicholson 16th October 1841

Mr Horace Fildes, the keen antiquary, tells me the old records show that the emigrant ship Arab, 484 tons, left Gravesend on June 3, 1841, with 208 settlers, most of whom were intended for the Nelson settlement. She arrived at Port Nicholson on October 16, at which time, of course, there was no such place as Nelson. No subsequent mention is made of these settlers, so we must assume that they drifted across the Straits from time to time as occasion offered, after the sight of Nelson was chosen, or else they waited for the rest of the people in the Fifeshire and her three companions.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett

Voyage of the Arab
Arrival of the Arab