HMS Arno (1915): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HMS Arno 1915

Marker: recorded wreck position (First World War).

Key facts

Name	HMS Arno	Wikidata label
Year lost	1915	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	destroyer	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	Collision	Wikidata P828 has cause (on P793 event): ship collision
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom, Portugal	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy, Portuguese Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Dardanelles	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Turkey	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 20 km from land
Position	40.2417, 26.5083	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

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.

Location

Recorded position: 40.2417, 26.5083 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Dardanelles
Nearest coast: Turkey

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Arno (revision 1375194581), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.