HMS Arno was a unique destroyer of the Royal Navy, and the only foreign-built warship the Admiralty bought for the fleet. The Italian Ansaldo shipyard at Sestri Ponente, Genoa, was building her as Liz for the Portuguese Navy, laying her down in 1913 and launching her on 22 December 1914, when the Admiralty bought her in March 1915 while she was fitting out. She was about 70 metres long and displaced some 600 tonnes, with two Parsons steam turbines supplied by four Yarrow boilers giving 29 knots, and an armament of four 12-pounder guns and three 450 millimetre torpedo tubes. She resembled some of the River-class destroyers in appearance, with two tall funnels and masts, and she served on escort duties in the Mediterranean after completion in June 1915. Arno was lost in a collision with the destroyer Hope off the Dardanelles on 23 March 1918.
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The Italian Ansaldo shipyard was building a destroyer for the Portuguese Navy, to be called Liz, and for reasons which remain obscure she was bought by the Admiralty in March 1915 while fitting out at Genoa.
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The Italian Ansaldo shipyard was building a destroyer for the Portuguese Navy, to be called Liz, and for reasons which remain obscure she was bought by the Admiralty in March 1915 while fitting out at Genoa.
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HMS Arno was a unique destroyer of the Royal Navy
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She was lost off the Dardanelles after a collision with the Acorn-/H-class destroyer Hope on 23 March 1918.
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Arno was sunk in collision with destroyer Hope off the Dardanelles 23.3.1918.
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Machinery 2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers
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The Italian Ansaldo shipyard was building a destroyer for the Portuguese Navy, to be called Liz, and for reasons which remain obscure she was bought by the Admiralty in March 1915 while fitting out at Genoa.
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The Italian Ansaldo shipyard was building a destroyer for the Portuguese Navy, to be called Liz, and for reasons which remain obscure she was bought by the Admiralty in March 1915 while fitting out at Genoa.
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