{{Short description|Type of Italian warship intermediate between destroyers and light cruisers}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} An '''esploratore''' (meaning "scout") was a type of Italian warship intermediate between destroyers and light cruisers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dent |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXv_CwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Esploratore%22+-wikipedia+warship+destroyers+and+light+cruisers&pg=PA73 |title=Warship 2016 |date=2016-05-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-84486-437-9 |language=en}}</ref> Before World War II, existing ''esploratori'' were reclassified as destroyers (Italian: ''cacciatorpediniere'').
There was a further group of warships ({{sclass2|Capitani Romani|cruiser|4}}), larger than ''esploratori'', classed as ''esploratori oceanici'', that were effectively unarmoured light cruisers.
==''Esploratori'' classes== * {{sclass|Mirabello|destroyer|4}} * {{sclass|Leone|destroyer|4}} * {{sclass2|Navigatori|destroyer|4}}
==See also== * Italian World War II destroyers * Destroyer leader * Flotilla leader * Scout cruiser
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Ships of the Regia Marina
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