The Arno, was a 1,825 ton, iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...

 sailing ship

Sailing ship

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 with a length

Length

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 of 270.7 feet (82.5 m), breadth of 39 feet (11.9 m) and depth of 22.5 feet (6.9 m). She was built by Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow

Glasgow

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 for the Nourse Line

Nourse Line

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, named after the Arno River in central Italy

Italy

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 which flows past Florence

Florence

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 and Pisa

Pisa

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 to the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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, and launched on 19 January 1893. She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers

Indian indenture system

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 to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
In 1896 she was grounded at West Hartlepool

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, inward bound under tow from Bremen.

The Arno was sold to Norwegian

Norway

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 owners in 1910. On 10 October 1913 she left Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad

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 for Pernambuco

Pernambuco

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and went missing.

External links

• Indian Immigrant Ship List

| last = Lubbock
| first = Basil
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
| date = 1981
| isbn = 978-0-85174-111-6
}}