Bersagliere was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

[4] Bersagliere's main battery consisted of four 50-caliber 120-millimeter (4.7 in) guns in two twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure.

Although they were not provided with a sonar system for anti-submarine work, they were fitted with a pair of depth charge throwers.

[2] In early 1943, Italian destroyers, including Bersagliere, took part in regular supply missions to Tunisia, taking replacement troops from Italy to Africa and carrying wounded and Prisoners of War back to Italy on the return trips.

[6] On 7 January, Bersagliere was bombed and sunk in Palermo harbour during an air raid by American B-24 bombers.