The first series of eight ships was ordered on 27 September 1941 and the second series of eight ships was ordered a year later. Four ships of the third series were ordered on 7 October 1942 and another four were authorized. These last four were cancelled in April 1943 in favor of eight s. Allied bombing in 1943 damaged the facilities at the Livorno shipyard and caused two of the destroyers under construction there, Comandante Borsini and Comandante Fontana, to be reassigned to the second series while Comandante Giorgis and Comandante Giobbe were transferred to the first series. Comandante Margottini was the only ship to be launched as the Germans did it in early 1944 to make the slipway available for new construction. By August 1943 material shortages had significantly slowed the pace of building so that the launching of the third-series ships was delayed until early 1946. By this date virtually all of the material for the first series and, half of the material for the second series had been allocated. Nothing for the third ships of the third series had been ordered and they were cancelled after the Armistice. Notes Bibliography External links Classe Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro Marina Militare website Destroyer classes Destroyers of the Regia Marina