Part of the Condottieri-class. Laid down on 29 March 1920 at Genoa, launched on 24 April two years later, commissioned on 1 January 1931 and torpedoed/lost on 13 December 1941 at the battle of Cape Bon. With a displacement of 6.571 tonnes/6.467 long tons (standard)-6.954 tonnes/6.844 long tons (full load) were her dimensions 169,3 x 15,5 x 5,3 metres or 555’5” x 50’1) x 17’5”. The two Belluzo turbines and six Yarrow-Ansaldo boilers supplied via two shafts 95.000 hp allowing a speed of maximum 37 knots while with a speed of 18 knots she had a range of 3,800 nautical miles. Hre crew numbered 507 men. The armament consisted of 4x2-15,2cm guns, 3x2-10cm guns, 8-3,7 cm machineguns, 8-1,32cm machine guns and 4-53.3cm torpedo tubes. Further more she could carry with her 2 CANT 25AR seaplanes, late replaced by the Ro. 43 for which purpose she was fitted out with a catapult for the launching. The armour consisted of a 2cm thick deck, a 2,4cm thick belt and while the turrets and tower were protected by respectively 2,3 and 4cm thick armour.
The Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 17 September 1930 published an item dated Rome 16 September that the new Italian cruiser Alberto da Guissano during her trial of more as 160 miles reached a maximum speed of 39,2 miles.
