Curtatone

The destroyers based on the improved design of the Palestro class were ordered back in 1915, but construction was suspended when Italy entered World War I. Later, the project was revised: The ships became the first European destroyers with twin guns. During World War II, Curtatone was responsible for laying minefields and patrolling the Adriatic Sea. On May 20, 1941, the destroyer blew up on a Greek mine in the Gulf of Athens and sank.