List of destroyers of Italy

{{Short description|None}} thumb|right|400px|Italian destroyer ''Durand de la Penne'' in 2004

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

==Regia Marina==

===World War I=== * {{ship|Italian destroyer|Fulmine|1898|2}} * {{sclass|Lampo|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Lampo|1899|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Freccia|1899|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Dardo|1900|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Strale|1900|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Euro|1900|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Ostro|1901|2}} * {{sclass|Nembo|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Nembo|1901|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Turbine|1901|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Aquilone|1902|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Borea|1902|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Zeffiro|1904|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Espero|1904|2}} - renamed ''Turbine'' in 1921 * {{Sclass2|Soldato|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Artigliere|1907|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Bersagliere|1906|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Corazziere|1909|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Garibaldino||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Granatiere|1906|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Lanciere|1907|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Alpino|1909|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Carabiniere|1909|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Fuciliere|1909|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Pontiere||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Ascaro||2}} * {{sclass|Indomito|destroyer|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Impetuoso|1913|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Impavido|1913|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Insidioso||2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Irrequieto||2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Indomito|1912|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Intrepido|1912|2}} * {{sclass|Ardito|destroyer|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardito|1912|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardente||2}} * {{sclass|Audace|destroyer (1913)|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Audace|1913|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Animoso|1913|2}} * {{sclass|Rosolino Pilo|destroyer|4}} - reclassified as torpedo boats on 1 October 1929 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Rosolino Pilo||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe Cesare Abba||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Pilade Bronzetti||2}} - renamed ''Giuseppe Dezza'' in 1921 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe Missori||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Antonio Mosto||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Ippolito Nievo||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Nullo|1914|2}} - renamed ''Fratelli Cairoli'' in 1921 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Simone Schiaffino||2}} * {{sclass|Alessandro Poerio|cruiser|4}} - built as scout cruisers (''esploratori''), reclassified as destroyers on 1 July 1921 **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Alessandro Poerio||2}} - to Nationalist Spain in October 1937 as ''Huesca'' **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Cesare Rossarol||2}} **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Guglielmo Pepe||2}} - to Nationalist Spain in October 1937 as ''Teruel'' * {{sclass|Aquila|cruiser|4}} - ordered as large destroyers by Romania, but taken over by Italy on 5 June 1915 while building and reclassified as scout cruisers (''esploratori''); two sold 1920 and remaining two reclassified as destroyers on 5 September 1938 **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Aquila||2}} - to Nationalist Spain on 11 October 1937 as ''Melilla'' **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Falco||2}} - to Nationalist Spain on 11 October 1937 as ''Ceuta'' **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Nibbio||2}} - to Romania on 1 July 1920 as NMS ''Mărășești'' **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Sparviero||2}} - to Romania on 1 July 1920 as NMS ''Mărăști'' * {{sclass|Mirabello|destroyer|4}} - built as scout cruisers (''esploratori''), reclassified as destroyers on 1 October 1938 **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Carlo Mirabello||2}} **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Carlo Alberto Racchia||2}} **{{ship|Italian cruiser|Augusto Riboty||2}} *{{sclass|Urakaze|destroyer|4}} - ordered by Japan **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Audace|1916|2}} - ordered as ''Kawakaze''; sold to Italy in 1916; reclassified as torpedo boat on 1 October 1929 * {{sclass|La Masa|destroyer|4}} - reclassified as torpedo boats on 1 October 1929 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe La Masa||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Angelo Bassini||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Agostino Bertani||2}}- renamed ''Enrico Cosenz'' in 1921 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Benedetto Cairoli||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giacinto Carini||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Nicola Fabrizi||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe La Farina||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giacomo Medici||2}} * {{sclass|Giuseppe Sirtori|destroyer|4}} - reclassified as torpedo boats on 1 October 1929 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giuseppe Sirtori||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giovanni Acerbi||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Vincenzo Giordano Orsini||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Stocco||2}}

===World War II=== thumb|right|300px|''Cacciatorpediniere'' ''Oriani'' in 1940 * {{sclass|Palestro|destroyer|4}} - reclassified as torpedo boats on 1 October 1938 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Palestro||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Confienza||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|San Martino||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Solferino||2}} * {{sclass2|Generali|destroyer|4}} - reclassified as torpedo boats on 1 October 1929 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Antonio Cantore||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Antonio Cascino||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Antonio Chinotto||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Carlo Montanari||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Marcello Prestinari||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Achille Papa||2}} * {{sclass|Curtatone|destroyer|4}} - reclassified as torpedo boats on 1 October 1938 **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Calatafimi||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Castelfidardo||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Curtatone||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Monzambano||2}} * {{sclass|Leone|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Leone||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Tigre||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Pantera||2}} * {{sclass|Sella|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Crispi||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Quintino Sella||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Bettino Ricasoli||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giovanni Nicotera||2}} * {{sclass|Sauro|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Nazario Sauro||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Daniele Manin||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Cesare Battisti||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Nullo|1925|2}} * ''Turbine''/''Borea'' class **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Turbine|1927|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Nembo|1927|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Borea|1927|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Aquilone|1927|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Euro|1927|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Espero|1927|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Zeffiro|1927|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Ostro|1928|2}} * {{sclass2|Navigatori|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Alvise Da Mosto||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Antonio da Noli||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Nicoloso da Recco||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giovanni da Verrazzano||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Lanzerotto Malocello||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Leone Pancaldo||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Emanuele Pessagno||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Antonio Pigafetta||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Luca Tarigo||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Antoniotto Usodimare||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Ugolino Vivaldi||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Nicolò Zeno||2}} * ''Freccia''/''Dardo'' class **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Dardo|1930|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Freccia|1930|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Saetta||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Strale|1931|2}} * {{sclass|Folgore|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Baleno||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Folgore||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Lampo|1931|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Fulmine|1931|2}} * {{sclass|Maestrale|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Maestrale||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Scirocco||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Grecale||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Libeccio||2}} * ''Oriani'' or ''Poeti'' class **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Vittorio Alfieri||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giosuè Carducci||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Alfredo Oriani||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Vincenzo Gioberti||2}} * {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer|4}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Alpino|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Artigliere|1937|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Ascari||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Aviere|1937|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Bersagliere|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Camicia Nera||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Carabiniere|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Corazziere|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Fuciliere|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Geniere|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Granatiere|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Lanciere|1938|2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Bombardiere||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Carrista||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Corsaro||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Legionario||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Mitragliere||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Squadrista||2}} **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Velite||2}}

====Cancelled ships==== * {{sclass2|Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro|destroyer|4}} - 20 vessels planned, none completed **''Comandante Margottini'' **''Comandante Baroni'' **''Comandante Borsini'' **''Comandante Botti'' **''Comandante Casana'' **''Comandante De Cristofaro'' **''Comandante Dell'Anno'' **''Comandante Fontanta'' **''Comandante Ruta'' **''Comandante Toscano'' **''Comandante Giobbe'' **''Comandante Giorgis'' **''Comandante Moccagatta'' **''Comandante Rodocanacchi'' **''Comandante Corsi'' **''Comandante Esposito'' **''Comandante Fiorelli'' **''Comandante Giannatassio'' **''Comandante Milano'' **''Comandante Novaro''

====Captured ships==== * ''Premuda'' - former Yugoslav destroyer ''Dubrovnik'', captured in April 1941 * {{sclass|Beograd|destroyer|4}} **''Sebenico'' - former Yugoslav destroyer ''Beograd'', captured in April 1941 **''Lubiana'' - former Yugoslav destroyer ''Ljubljana'', captured in April 1941 * {{sclass|Chacal|destroyer|4}} ** ''FR 22'' - former French destroyer ''Panthére'', captured in November 1942 * {{sclass|Guépard|destroyer|4}} ** ''FR 21'' - former French destroyer ''Lion'', captured in November 1942 ** ''FR 24'' - former French destroyer ''Valmy'', captured in November 1942 * {{sclass|Bourrasque|destroyer|4}} ** ''FR 31'' - former French destroyer ''Trombe'', captured in November 1942

==Marina Militare==

===Post-World War II=== * {{ship|Italian destroyer|Artigliere|D 553|2}} - ex {{sclass|Benson|destroyer|0}} USS ''Woodworth'' * {{ship|Italian destroyer|Aviere|D 554|2}} - ex {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer|0}} USS ''Nicholson'' * {{sclass|Impetuoso|destroyer|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Impetuoso|D 558|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Indomito|D 559|2}} * {{sclass|Impavido|destroyer|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Impavido|D 570|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Intrepido|D 571|2}} * {{sclass|Fante|destroyer|4}} - former {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|0}} destroyers of the US Navy **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Fante|D 561|2}} - ex USS ''Walker'' **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Geniere|D 555|2}} - ex USS ''Prichett'' **{{ship|Italian destroyer|Lanciere|D 560|2}} - ex USS ''Taylor'' * {{sclass|Audace|destroyer|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Audace|D 551|2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardito|D 550|2}} * {{sclass|Durand de la Penne|destroyer|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Luigi Durand de la Penne|D 560|2}}; formerly ''Animoso'' ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Francesco Mimbelli|D 561|2}}; formerly ''Ardimentoso'' * {{sclass2|Orizzonte|destroyer|4}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Andrea Doria||2}} ** {{ship|Italian destroyer|Caio Duilio||2}}

==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|last1=Chesneau|first1=Roger|last2=Kolesnik|first2=Eugene M|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905|year=1979|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-133-5}} * {{cite book|last=Fraccaroli|first=Aldo|title=Italian Warships of World War 1|year=1970|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0105-7}} * {{cite book|last=Fraccaroli|first=Aldo|title=Italian Warships of World War 2|year=1968|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0002-6}} * {{cite book|last=Stille|first=Mark|title=Italian Destroyers of World War 2|year=2021|publisher=Osprey Publishing|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1-4728-4055-4}} {{refend}}

==See also== * Red Sea Flotilla * Italian World War II destroyers

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