HMS Arno (1915)

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.

History
HMS Arno in 1915
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Arno
Builder:	Ansaldo, Genoa
Laid down:	1914
Launched:	22 December 1914
Completed:	1915
Identification:	Pennant number : 6A
Fate:	Sunk in collision, 23 March 1918
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	520 long tons (530 t)
Length:	321 ft (98 m)
Beam:	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draft:	7 ft (2.1 m)
Installed power:	8,000 shp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed:	28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Capacity:	130 long tons (130 t) fuel oil
Armament:	4 × single 12-pounder guns, 3 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

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.

Bibliography

Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
Jantzen, Ulrigh; Matis, Richardo Graca (1998). "Origins of Portuguese Destroyer Liz". Warship International. XXXV (1): 105–106.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1918
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: HMS Calgarian 2 Mar: HMS H5 9 Mar: Hindenburg 10 Mar: SM UB-58 12 Mar: HMS D3 13 Mar: Wegadesk 15 Mar: Amazon, SM U-110, SM UB-106 19 Mar: Linz 23 Mar: HMS Arno 24 Mar: Partenope 26 Mar: RFA Lady Cory-Wright, SM U-61 27 Mar: HMS Kale 28 Mar: Inkosi 31 Mar: Slieve Bloom Unknown date: USS Cyclops, SM UB-17, SM UB-54
Other incidents	20 Mar: HMT Boorara 31 Mar: Celtic, USS Stockton
1917 1918 1919 February 1918 April 1918

British naval ship classes of the First World War
Aircraft/Seaplane carriers	Empress^S^V Riviera^S^V Engadine^S^V Ark Royal^S Ben-my-Chree^S^V Campania^S^V Raven II^S^V Anne^S^V Vindex^S^V Manxman^S^V Furious^M Pegasus^S^V Nairana^S^V Argus^S^V Vindictive^S^V
Dreadnought battleships	Dreadnought^S Bellerophon St Vincent Neptune^S Colossus Orion King George V Erin^S Agincourt^S Iron Duke Canada^S Queen Elizabeth Revenge
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Royal Sovereign Majestic Canopus Formidable London Duncan King Edward VII Swiftsure Lord Nelson
Battlecruisers	Invincible Indefatigable Lion Queen Mary^S Tiger^S Renown Courageous Admiral^S^C Incomparable^X
Armoured cruisers	Cressy Drake Monmouth Devonshire Duke of Edinburgh Warrior Minotaur
Heavy cruisers	Hawkins
Light cruisers	Town^G Arethusa C^{G, C} Danae^C Emerald^A
Protected cruisers	Apollo Astraea Eclipse Blake Pearl Edgar Powerful Diadem Arrogant Pelorus Highflyer Challenger Topaze
Scout cruisers	Adventure Forward Pathfinder Sentinel Boadicea Blonde Active
Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C Admiralty (or Scott)^C
Destroyers	A^G B^G C^G D^G E^G F G H I K L Admiralty M Hawthorn M Thornycroft M Yarrow M Yarrow Later M Medea Arno^S R^G S^{G, C} Talisman V and W^{G, C}
Torpedo boats	TB 81^S TB 98 TB 109 TB 114 Cricket^G
Monitors	Marshal Ney Abercrombie Lord Clive Humber Gorgon M15 M29 Erebus
Minesweepers	Flower Racecourse Hunt Dance 24^C
Gunboats	Fly Insect
Submarines	A B C D E F G H^C J K L^C M^C R^C Swordfish^S V
A All completed after the war C One or more completed after the war G Grouping of several classes M converted from Courageous class S Single ship of class V Conversions X Cancelled

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