The Arno, was a 1,825 ton,

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with a length of , breadth of and depth of . She was built by Charles Connell & Company,

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, for the

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, named after the Arno River in central

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, which flows past

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and Pisa to the

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, 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:

In 1896 she was grounded at

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, inward bound under tow from Bremen. ''Arno'' was sold to

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owners in 1910. On 10 October 1913 she left

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and was not seen or heard from again.

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Indian Immigrant Ship List
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arno (Ship) Indian indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago Indian indenture ships to Fiji Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom Individual sailing vessels 1893 ships Ships built in Glasgow Maritime incidents in 1913 Missing ships Ships lost with all hands Sailing ships of Scotland 1893 establishments in Scotland

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