The Oriani class (also known as the Poeti class), were a group of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the mid-1930s.

They were improved versions of the Maestrale-class destroyers and had increased machinery power and a different anti-aircraft armament.

The increase in power, however, disappointed in that there was only a marginal speed improvement.

The obsolete 40 mm/39 pom-pom anti-aircraft guns were finally discontinued, being replaced by extra 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; otherwise armament was unchanged.

Before the end of the war, one ship, Oriani had a German Seetakt radar and an additional 20 mm cannon.