Bersagliere (a member of the Bersaglieri) was the lead ship of the Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy").

Bersagliere was powered by two sets of triple expansion steam engines fed by three Thornycroft water-tube boilers, producing an estimated 6,000 indicated horsepower (4,474 kW) and driving two propeller shafts.

On 30 December 1908 Bersagliere, her sister ship Artigliere, and the battleship Vittorio Emanuele arrived at Messina to assist in rescue operations.

At the time, Bersagliere was based at Taranto as part of the 2nd Squadron's 4th Division along with her sister ships Garibaldino, Granatiere, and Lanciere.

At the time, Bersagliere, under the command of Capitano di fregata (Frigate Captain) Lubelli, was part of the 3rd Destroyer Squadron, based at Brindisi, which also included Artigliere, Garibaldino, Lanciere, and their sister ship Corazziere.

[8] In the predawn hours of 24 May 1915, Bersagliere and Corazziere entered the waters off Grado to support the raid on Porto Buso, an incursion by the destroyer Zeffiro against the Austro-Hungarian border outpost on the island of Porto Buso in the Grado Lagoon, a part of the larger Marano Lagoon.

[8] On 29 May 1915 Artigliere, Bersagliere, Garibaldino, and Lanciere bombarded the Adria Werke chemical plant in Monfalcone, a production site for poison gases, while Corazziere and their sister ships Alpino and Pontiere provided support.

[4] At 01:00 on 6 July 1915 she got underway from Venice with the rest of her squadron and steamed to Porto Buso, then turned in the direction of Savudrija Point (known to the Italians as Punta Salvore) on the northern end of Istria on the coast of Austria-Hungary to conduct an offensive reconnaissance sweep.

[8] On 23 February 1916, under the command of Capitano di frgatta (Frigate Captain) Del Buono, Bersagliere joined Corazziere and Garibaldino in escorting 12 steamers and two tugs to Durrës (known to the Italians as Durazzo) on the coast of Albania.