List of cruisers of Italy
Introduction Heavy cruiser  in 1940This is a list of all modern cruisers built by Italy, starting from the 1880s.
Protected cruisers *  (1883) - Sold 1920* **  (1885) - Sold 1921**  (1886) - Sold 1911**  (1886) - Sold 1907**  (1888) - Sold 1909*  (1885) - Sold to Uruguay 1908 and renamed ''Montevideo'', BU 1932*  (1888) - Sold 1920* **  (1891) - Sold to Haiti 1911 and renamed ''Consul Gostrück'', BU 1913**  (1890) - Sold 1920**  (1891) - Sank 1918**  (1893) - Sold 1921**  (1893) - Transformed to seaplane tender 1915, Stricken 1921, Sold 1923**  (1898) - Stricken 1923, front of ship preserved at Gardone*  (1894) - Stricken 1924*  (1912) - Built for the Ottoman Empire as ''Drama''. Seized by Italy 1911, BU 1937*  (1911) - Sold 1938, BU after 1939* **  (1911) - Stricken 1929, BU**  (1912) - Stricken 1927, BU* **  (1914) - Sank after explosion in 1919, Refloated 1920, BU 1921**  (1914) - Stricken 1937
Torpedo cruisers * (1876)* (1886)* ** (1888)** (1889)** (1889)** (1890)* ****''Partenope'' c. 1895* **************** * **  (1899) - Stricken 1923**  (1899) - Stricken 1920, BU
Scout cruisers * ''Aquila''-class** ''Aquila''** ''Sparviero''** ''Nibbio''** ''Falco''
Light cruisers * ''Taranto'' (1911, ex-German ''Strassburg'') - scuttled 1943, sunk 1943 & 1944, BU 1946 or later* ''Bari'' (1914, ex-German ''Pillau'') - Sunk 1943, BU 1948* ''Brindisi'' (ex-Austrian ) - Stricken 1937, BU* ''Venezia'' (ex-Austrian ) - Stricken 1937, BU* ''Ancona'' (ex-German ''Graudenz'') - Stricken 1937, BUCruiser  in 1935. * **  (1930) - Sunk 1941**  (1930) - Sunk 1941**  (1930) - Sunk 1940**  (1930) - Sunk 1942* **  (1931) - BU 1950s**  (1932) - Sunk 1941* **  (1934) - BU 1960s**  (1934) - Sunk 1942* **  (1934) - Transferred to Soviet Union 1949, renamed first ''Stalingrad'', than ''Kerch''**  (1935) - Transferred to Greece 1951, renamed ''Elli''* **  (1936) - BU 1961 or later**  (1936) - BU 1970s''San Giorgio'' (ex-''Pompeo Magno'') after her post-war conversion to a large destroyer. *  (Only those units marked * were completed)** ''Attilio Regolo''* (1940) - Sold to France 1948 and renamed ''Chateaurenault''** ''Scipione Africano''* (1941) - Sold to France 1948 and renamed ''Guichen''** ''Pompeo Magno''* (1941) -  Renamed ''San Giorgio'', rebuilt as large destroyer 1951-55, BU 1980** ''Ulpio Traiano'' (1942) - Torpedoed 1943** ''Ottaviano Augusto'' (1942) - Sunk 1943** ''Cornelio Silla'' (1941) - Sunk 1944** ''Claudio Druso'' (-) - BU** ''Caio Mario'' (1941) - Scuttled 1943/44** ''Paolo Emilio'' (-) - BU** ''Vipsania Agrippa'' (-) - BU** ''Giulio Germanico'' (1941) - Renamed ''San Marco'', rebuilt as large destroyer 1951-55, BU 1971/80** ''Claudio Tiberio'' (-)*  (not completed)** ''Etna'' (1942) - Scuttled 1943, Refloated, BU postwar** ''Vesuvio'' (1941) - Scuttled 1943, Refloated, BU postwar* ''Cattaro'' (ex-Yugoslav ''Dalmacija'', captured 1941, ex-German ''Niobe'', purchased 1924) - Torpedoed 1943* ''FR 11'' (ex-French ''Jean de Vienne'', captured 1943) - Captured by Germany 1943, sunk 1944* ''FR 12'' (ex-French ''La Galissonniere'', captured 1943) - Captured by Germany 1943, sunk 1944
Armored cruisers *  (1892) - Sold for BU 1922* **  (1895) - Stricken 1920**  (1896) - Stricken 1920* ** ''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' (1895) - To Argentina as ''General Garibaldi'', BU 1935** ''Varese'' (1896) - To Argentina as ''General San Martin'', BU 1935** ''Varese'' (1897) - To Argentina as ''General Belgrano'', BU 1948** ''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' (c. 1896) - To Spain as  1897, sunk at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, 1898** ''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' (1897) - To Argentina as ''General Pueyrredon'', removed 1954**  (1899)**  (1899)**  (1902)** ''Mitra'' (1902) - To Argentina as ''Bernardino Rivadavia'' - To Japan as , sunk 1945** ''San Rocco'' (1903) - To Argentina as ''Mariano Moreno'' - To Japan as , sunk 1942''Pisa'' in 1932* **  (1907) - Sold 1937**  (1908) - Torpedoed 1915* **  (1908) - Scuttled 1941**  (1908) - Captured by Germany 1943, sunk c. 1944
Heavy cruisers * **  (1927) - Sunk 1942**  (1926) - Sunk 1943* **  (1930) - Sunk 1941**  (1931) - Sunk 1941**  (1930) - Sunk 1941**  (1930) - Sunk 1944*  (1932) - Sunk 1944
Helicopter cruisers * **  in commission from 1964 - 1992**  in commission from 1964 - 1989*  (1969) - BU 2006
See also * List of battleships of Italy
External links *  Incrociatori Marina Militare website