Arno (ship)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:SHIPS- SQUARE RIGGER, SWEDISH TRAMP LCCN2016866596.jpg | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = no |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} | Ship name = Arno | Ship namesake = Arno River | Ship owner = Nourse Line | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 19 January 1893 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = no |Ship country=Norway |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Norway|civil}} | Ship name = | Ship owner = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = 1910 | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Disappeared after 10 October 1913 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Iron-hulled sailing ship | Ship tons burthen = 1,825 tons | Ship length = {{convert|270.7|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|39|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|22.5|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
The Arno, was a 1,825 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of {{convert|270.7|ft|m}}, breadth of {{convert|39|ft|m}} and depth of {{convert|22.5|ft|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:
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! Destination ! Date of Arrival ! Number of Passengers ! Deaths During Voyage | |||
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| Fiji | 23 July 1900 | 627
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| Trinidad | 15 March 1901
| 656 | 9 | |
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| Fiji | 4 September 1903 | 634
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| Fiji | 3 May 1904 | 631 | n/a |
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| Trinidad | 24 November 1906
| 627 | 15 |
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.
See also
References
- {{cite book
| last = Perry
| first = F. W.
| title = Nourse Line
| publisher =World Ship Society
| date = 1991
| isbn = 978-0-905617-62-6
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Lubbock
| first = Basil
| authorlink = Basil Lubbock
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
| date = 1981
| isbn = 978-0-85174-111-6
}}
External links
- [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm Indian Immigrant Ship List]
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Category:Indian indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji
Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Individual sailing vessels
Category:Ships built in Glasgow
Category:Maritime incidents in 1913
Category:Ships lost with all hands