Name Arno Owner Nourse Line Launched 19 January 1893 Draft 6.86 m Builder Glasgow | Namesake Arno River Acquired 1910 Length 83 m Tons burthen 1.656 million kg | |
Fate Disappeared after 10 October 1913 Class and type Iron-hulled sailing ship | ||
The Arno, was a 1,825 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 270.7 feet (82.5 m), breadth of 39 feet (12 m) and depth of 22.5 feet (6.9 m). She was built by Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, for the Nourse Line, named after the Arno River in central Italy, which flows past Florence and Pisa to the Mediterranean Sea, and launched on 19 January 1893. She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
In 1896 she was grounded at West Hartlepool, inward bound under tow from Bremen.
Arno was sold to Norwegian owners in 1910. On 10 October 1913 she left Fredrikstad for Pernambuco and was not seen or heard from again.
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