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At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, ''Arno'' worked with six ''Beagles'' of the {{UK-DF|3}} and towed troop barges in.{{HardLying|p. 113}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:14, 1 May 2020

H.M.S. Arno (1914)
Pendant Number: D.62 (Sep 1915)
D.06 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa[2]
Launched: 22 Dec, 1914[3]
Completed: Jun, 1915[4]
Collision: 23 Mar, 1918[5]
Fate: with Hope

H.M.S. Arno was a Portuguese destroyer (being constructed in Italy under the name Liz) purchased and taken into Royal Navy service in March, 1915. She was the only foreign-built commissioned warship in the navy that was not a prize vessel.

Service

At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Arno worked with six Beagles of the Third Destroyer Flotilla and towed troop barges in.[6]

On 23 March, 1918, while serving in the Mediterranean, Arno collided with her fellow member of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, Hope. Arno sank as a result of the accident.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

12-pdr Guns

  • Four 12-pdr 18 cwt guns on P. IV mountings[12]

Two were mounted abreast, forward.[13]

Torpedoes

  • Three single 18-in torpedo tubes, two on beam, one on centreline

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  6. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392e.
  8. ↑ Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  9. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  10. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  11. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 125.
  12. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 171.
  13. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Photo on p. 78.

Bibliography

  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).


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