Ciro Menotti was one of four Bandiera-class submarine built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the late 1920s.

[1][2] Ciro Menotti was laid down by Odero-Terni-Orlando at their Muggiano shipyard in 1928, launched on 29 December 1929 and completed later that year.

[3] During the Spanish Civil War, Ciro Menotti made a patrol off Málaga in early 1937 during which she sank the Republican 1,254-gross register ton (GRT) mail steamer SS Delfin off Torrox on the night of 31 January–1 February.

[4] After the entry of Italy in World War II, Ciro Menotti was used in resupply missions to North Africa and Albania until 1942, when she was assigned for training.

Ciro Menotti was interned in Malta in September 1943 following the Cassabile Armistice, and finally scrapped on 1 February 1948.