Leone was the lead ship of her class of three destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1920s. The ships were designed as...

Leone Pancaldo was one of twelve Navigatori-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) between the late 1920s. Shortly after Italy's...

The Leone class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the early 1920s. Five ships were planned and three completed. All three ships...

Tamerlano of Handel Leone-class destroyer an Italian Navy destroyer class Aerfer Leone, undeveloped fighter aircraft Pastiglie Leone, maker of candies and...

Stille, Mark (2021). Italian Destroyers of World War 2. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-4055-4. Red Sea Flotilla Italian World War II destroyers...

destroyers (Italian: cacciatorpediniere) also varied in size from enlarged torpedo-boats to esploratori (an Italian designation for large destroyers approaching...

Tigre was one of three Leone-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1920s. The ships were designed as scout cruisers...

Pantera was one of three Leone-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1920s. The ships were designed as scout cruisers...

Ascari was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in mid-1939...

esploratori, such as the Leone class, carried extremely heavy armament for their modest size, capable of outgunning any destroyer of the early 1920s. However...