List of destroyers of Italy
Appearance
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This is a list of destroyers of the Regia Marina and Marina Militare, sorted by era and class.
Regia Marina
World War I
- Fulmine
- Lampo class:
- Nembo class:
- Soldato class:
- Indomito class
- Ardito class:
- in Brindisi: Ardito, Ardente
- Audace class:
- in Brindisi: Audace, Animoso
- Rosolino Pilo class:
- 8 vessels - Rosolino Pilo, Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Pilade Bronzetti, Giuseppe Missori, Antonio Mosto, Ippolito Nievo, Francesco Nullo, Simone Schiaffino
- Alessandro Poerio class:
- 3 vessels - Alessandro Poerio, Cesare Rossarol, Guglielmo Pepe
- Aquila class
- 4 vessels, originally ordered by Romania
- Mirabello class
- 3 vessels
- La Masa class
- 8 vessels - Giuseppe La Masa, Angelo Bassini, Agostino Bertani, Benedetto Cairoli, Giacinto Carini, Nicola Fabrizi, Giuseppe La Farina, Giacomo Medici
- Giuseppe Sirtori class
- 4 vessels - Giuseppe Sirtori, Giovanni Acerbi, Vincenzo Giordano Orsini, Francesco Stocco
World War II
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- Palestro class
- 4 vessels - Palestro, Confienza, San Martino, Solferino
- Generali class
- 6 vessels - Generale Antonio Cantore, Antonino Cascino, Antonio Chinotto, Carlo Montanari, Achille Papa, Marcello Prestinari
- Curtatone class
- 4 vessels
- Leone class
- 3 vessels
- Sella class
- 2 vessels
- Sauro class
- 4 vessels
- Turbine/Borea class
- 8 vessels
- Navigatori class
- 12 vessels, among which Leone Pancaldo
- Freccia/Dardo class
- 4 vessels, among which Strale
- Folgore class
- 4 vessels
- Maestrale class
- Oriani or Poeti class
- 4 vessels, among which Vittorio Alfieri and Giosué Carducci
- Soldati class
- 12 vessels - divided into First Soldati or Camicia Nera and Second soldati sub-classes, among which Alpino, Artigliere, Ascari, Aviere, Bersagliere, Carabiniere and Lanciere
Cancelled ships
- Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro class
- 20 vessels planned, none launched
Captured ships
- Premuda - former Yugoslav destroyer Dubrovnik captured in April 1941
- Beograd class destroyer - 2 former Yugoslav destroyers captured in April 1941
Marina Militare
Post-World War II
- Impetouso class
- Impetouso (D 558)
- Indomito (D 559)
- Impavido class
- Impavido (D 570)
- Intrepido (D 571)
- Audace class
- Audace (D 551)
- Ardito (D 550)
- De la Penne class
- Luigi Durand De la Penne (D 560; formerly Animoso)
- Francesco Mimbelli (D 561; formerly Ardimentoso)
- Orizzonte class
- Andrea Doria (D553)
- Caio Duilio (D554)