List of destroyers of Italy



This is a list of destroyers of the Regia Marina and Marina Militare, sorted by era and class.

World War I

 * Fulmine
 * Lampo class
 * in Tripoli: Ostro, Lampo
 * in Tobruk: Euro, Strale
 * in Valona: Dardo
 * Nembo class
 * in Brindisi: Nembo, Turbine, Espero, Borea, Aquilone
 * in Venice: Zeffiro
 * Soldato class
 * in Taranto: Granatiere
 * in Venice: Bersagliere, Garibaldino, Corazziere, Lanciere, Artigliere, Alpino, Fuciliere, Pontiere, Ascaro
 * Indomito class
 * in La Spezia: Impetuoso
 * in Taranto: Impavido, Insidioso, Irrequieto
 * elsewhere: Indomito, Intrepido
 * 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, Aquila, Falco, Nibbio and Sparviero originally ordered by Romania
 * Mirabello class
 * 3 vessels - Carlo Mirabello, Carlo Alberto Racchia, Augusto Riboty
 * 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

 * 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 - Curtatone, Castelfidardo, Calatafimi, Monzambano
 * Leone class
 * 3 vessels - Leone, Tigre, Pantera
 * Sella class
 * 4 vessels - Bettino Ricasoli, Francesco Crispi, Giovanni Nicotera, Quintino Sella
 * Sauro class
 * 4 vessels - Nazario Sauro, Daniele Manin, Cesare Battisti, Francesco Nullo
 * Turbine/Borea class
 * 8 vessels - Turbine, Nembo, Borea, Aquilone, Euro, Espero, Zeffiro, Ostro
 * Navigatori class
 * 12 vessels, among which Leone Pancaldo and Nicoloso da Recco
 * Freccia/Dardo class
 * 4 vessels, among which Strale
 * Folgore class
 * 4 vessels - Baleno, Folgore, Lampo and Fulmine
 * Maestrale class
 * 4 vessels, Maestrale, Scirocco, Grecale, Libeccio
 * 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, ITALIAN DESTROYER 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
 * 2 former Yugoslav destroyers captured in April 1941

Post-World War II

 * Impetuoso (D 558)
 * Indomito (D 559)
 * Impavido (D 570)
 * Intrepido (D 571)
 * Audace (D 551)
 * Ardito (D 550)
 * Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560; formerly Animoso)
 * Francesco Mimbelli (D 561; formerly Ardimentoso)
 * ITALIAN DESTROYER Andrea Doria
 * ITALIAN DESTROYER Caio Duilio
 * Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560; formerly Animoso)
 * Francesco Mimbelli (D 561; formerly Ardimentoso)
 * ITALIAN DESTROYER Andrea Doria
 * ITALIAN DESTROYER Caio Duilio
 * ITALIAN DESTROYER Caio Duilio