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

[2] As early as of May 1945, the Carabiniere had been prepared and refitted with a new radar and camouflage scheme to operate in the Indian and Pacific Ocean against the Japanese Empire, in collaboration with the Allies, as the 14 July 1945 declaration of war by Italy on Japan was impending.

Departing under the command of captain Fabio Tani, after a troublesome voyage the Italian crew reached their new base in Trincomalee.

By 1978, the 40-year-old decommissioned ship was being used as a training platform by the elite Incursori special operations units of the Italian navy, but being in a precarious structural condition, it was decided to sell her for scrap.

She partially sank close to La Spezia in March due to adverse weather conditions while being towed to her demolition site.