Freccia-class destroyer

• {{ship|Italian destroyer|Dardo|1930|2}}

:Built by Odero, Sestri Ponente

:launched 6 September 1930, completed 25 January 1932

:Captured by the Germans and renamed TA31. Scuttled on 24 April 1945.

• {{ship|Italian destroyer|Freccia|1930|2}}

:Built by CT Riva Trigioso

:launched 3 August 1930, completed 21 October 1931

:In the Spanish Civil War, on 15 August 1937, she shelled, torpedoed and disabled the Panamanian tanker George McKnight off Tunis.

:Sunk on 8 August 1943 off Genoa by bombing.

• {{ship|Italian destroyer|Saetta||2}}

:Built by CT Riva Trigioso

:launched 17 January 1932, completed 10 May 1932

:In the Spanish Civil War, on 11 August 1937, she torpedoed and sank the Spanish Republican tanker Campeador in the strait of Sicily.

:Sunk by a mine on 3 February 1943 with the loss of 170 men including Lt. Cdr. Enea Picchio, the commanding officer, while 39 men survived.

• {{ship|Italian destroyer|Strale|1931|2}}

:Built by Odero, Sestri Ponente

:launched 26 March 1931, completed 6 February 1932

:Rammed and sank UK submarine {{HMS|Odin|N84|6}} on 14 June 1940. Beached herself on 21 June 1942 near Cape Bon and was finished off by torpedoes from the submarine {{HMS|Turbulent|N98|6}}.

{{anchor|Kountouriotis-class destroyer}}

The Greek Navy ordered four destroyers from the Italian company Odero in October 1929 to a modified design, similar to the Dardo type, as the RUSI Journal notes, for about {{GBPConvert|500000|lk=on|year=1929|showdate=no}}.{{cite journal |date=November 1929 |title=Navy Notes - Greece: New Destroyers Ordered |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rusi19/74/496 |url-status=live |format=PDF |journal=Journal of the Royal United Service Institution |type=Naval intelligence summary |language=en-GB |location=Whitehall, London |publisher=Royal United Service Institution |volume=74 |issue=496 |page=866 |doi=10.1080/03071842909422636 |issn=0307-1847 |id=OCR: tesseract 5.0.0-rc2-1-gf788
Ark: ark:/13960/s2rv4sz9fx3 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.org/embed/sim_rusi-journal_1929-11_74_496 |archive-date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2025-05-24 |quote=A contract was signed on 2nd October with the Italian firm of Odero for the construction of two flotilla leaders of the Dardo type at a cost of about £500,000. [...] the second in twenty-two months. |via=Taylor & Francis Online}} It was named the Kountouriotis class. The chief difference with the Italian ships was the substitution of four single 120 mm guns (Ansaldo Model 1926) for the twin turrets used in the Italian Navy ships. According to the RUSI Journal, the ships' armament was to consist of four 4.7 inch, three 2-pounder, AA guns and six 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. The ships were to have a displacement of 1,450 tons, and a maximum speed of 40 knots.

• {{ship|Greek destroyer|Hydra|D97|2}}

:Built by Odero, Sestri Ponente

:launched 21 October 1931, commissioned November 1932

:Sunk by German aircraft, 22 April 1941.

• {{ship|Greek destroyer|Spetsai||2}}

:Built by Odero, Sestri Ponente

:commissioned May 1933

:Served in World War II, decommissioned in 1946, Scrapped 1947.

• {{ship|Greek destroyer|Psara||2}}

:Built by Odero, Sestri Ponente

:commissioned May 1933

:Sunk by German aircraft, 20 April 1941.

• {{ship|Greek destroyer|Kountouriotis|D99|2}}

:Built by Odero, Sestri Ponente

:launched 29 August 1931, commissioned November 1932

:Served in World War II, decommissioned and scrapped in 1946.

The two surviving ships, Spetsai and Kountouriotis, served in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the Free Greek Navy until late 1943. They were then laid up at Port Said, Egypt for want of Italian spare parts, and because their crews were needed for new ships built in the UK for the Free Greek Navy.

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• {{cite book |last=Campbell |first=John|title =Naval Weapons of World War Two |publisher =Naval Institute Press|date =1985 |location =Annapolis, Maryland |isbn =0-87021-459-4}}
• {{cite book |last1=Fraccaroli |first1=Aldo |title=Italian Warships of World War II |date=1968 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton, UK |isbn=0-7110-0002-6}}
• {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-8317-0303-2 |chapter=Italy |last1=Roberts |first1=John|pages=280–317}}
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• {{cite book|editor1-last=Chumbley|editor1-first=Stephen|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 |year=1995 |publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=1-55750-132-7 |chapter=Italy |last1=Smigielski |first1=Adam |pages=195–218}}
• {{cite book|first=M. J.|last=Whitley|title=Destroyers of World War 2: An International Encyclopedia |year=1988|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-85409-521-8 |authorlink=Michael J. Whitley}}

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• [https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/EFGHI/freccia02.aspx Freccia (1930) ] Marina Militare website

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