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[]
- 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[]
"Cacciatorpediniere" Oriani in 1940
- 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
- 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
- 2 former Yugoslav destroyers captured in April 1941
Marina Militare[]
Post-World War II[]
- Impetuoso class
- Impetuoso (D 558)
- Indomito (D 559)
- Impavido class
- Impavido (D 570)
- Intrepido (D 571)
- Audace class
- Audace (D 551)
- Ardito (D 550)
- Durand de la Penne class
- Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560; formerly Animoso)
- Francesco Mimbelli (D 561; formerly Ardimentoso)
- Orizzonte class
See also[]
The original article can be found at List of destroyers of Italy and the edit history here.