Turbine-class destroyer
Ship Builder Launched Date of loss Fate
Aquilone Odero 3 August 1927 17 September 1940 Sunk on mines laid by aircraft from HMS Illustrious outside Benghazi harbor with a loss of 13 men
Borea Ansaldo 28 January 1927 17 September 1940 Sunk by aircraft from HMS Illustrious in Benghazi harbor with a loss of one man
Espero Ansaldo 31 August 1927 28 June 1940 Sunk by HMAS Sydney off Tobruk during a troop transport mission to Tobruk
Euro CNT 7 July 1927 3 October 1943 Sunk by German aircraft off Leros , Greece
Nembo CNT 27 January 1927 20 July 1940 Sunk by Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Eagle in Tobruk harbor with a loss of 25 men
Ostro Ansaldo 2 January 1928 20 July 1940 Sunk by Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Eagle in Tobruk harbor with a loss of 42 men
Turbine Odero 21 April 1927 16 September 1944 Sunk by rockets fired by USAAF aircraft in Salamis
Zeffiro Ansaldo 27 May 1927 5 July 1940 Sunk by Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Eagle in Tobruk with a loss of 21 men
Ships
The Turbine-class destroyer was a group of eight destroyers built for the (Royal Italian Navy) in the 1920s. They were essentially larger versions of the earlier . All the ships of the class were lost during World War II.