Name HMS Arno Completed 1915 Type Destroyer Launched 22 December 1914 Builder Gio. Ansaldo & C. | Laid down 1914 Identification Pennant number 6A Construction started 1914 Length 98 m | |
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Fate Sunk in collision, 23 March 1918 | ||
HMS Arno was a unique destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service and was lost during First World War. She was under construction in Genoa, Italy for the friendly Portuguese Navy as Liz in 1914 when she was bought by the Royal Navy for service in the Mediterranean.
She had two funnels and masts and four QF 12-pounder guns, shipped sided on the forecastle, behind the second funnel and on the quarterdeck. Although much smaller and slower than her British contemporaries, she was soundly built and had a high freeboard and tall bridge, making her a useful vessel. She was lost off the Dardanelles after a collision with the Acorn- / H-class destroyer Hope on 23 March 1918.
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