The Impetuoso class were the first post-World War II destroyers built for the Italian Navy.

The two ships were ordered in February 1950, entered service in 1958 and were retired in the early 1980s.

[1] The Impetuoso class hull design was based on the uncompleted World War II Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class destroyer.

The class were armed with four 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns in two twin-gun turrets, 16 Bofors 40 mm/60 guns consisted of two quad-mounts and four twin-mounts, and one 305 mm Menon anti-submarine mortar.

[1] There was a proposed modernization program in the late 1960s for the ships to be rearmed with a single lightweight 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun forward and RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missile launcher in the aft.