Laid down by Ancona Shipyuard, Ancona, Italy on 9 October 1927, launched on 12 August 1929, commissioned on 10 March 1930 and torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS Turbulent on 29 May 1942. Together with the Antonio Pigafetta escorted she the steamships Caopo Arma and Anna Maria Gualdi from Brindisi, Italy towards Benghazi, Libya.
General specifications. Of the Navigatore-class, succeeded by Turbine-class and succeeded by Freccia-class, developed as an answer on the French Jaguar and Guépard-classes. With a displacement of 2.125 (standard)-2.599 (normal)-2.830 (full load) tons and as dimensions 107.28 x 10.2 x 3.4 metres or 352.0 x 33.6 x 11.2 feet. Her machinery consisted of 2 geared steam turbines and 4 water tube boilers supplied via 2 shafts 55.000 hp allowing a speed of 38 knots and a range of 800 respectively 3.800 nautical miles with a speed of 38 respectively 15 knots. Crew numbered 173 (including 9 officers)-225 men. Armament consisted of 3x2-12cm/4.7” guns, 2x1-4cm/1.6” anti aircraft guns. 4x2-13.2mm/0.52” machine guns and 2x3-53.3cm/21” torpedo tubes and 54 mines and 14 depth charges.
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