title: Esploratore
text: # Esploratore
  
  An esploratore (meaning "scout") was a type of Italian warship intermediate between destroyers and light cruisers. Before World War II, existing esploratori were reclassified as destroyers (Italian: cacciatorpediniere).
  
  There was a further group of warships (Capitani Romani class), larger than esploratori, classed as esploratori oceanici, that were effectively unarmoured light cruisers.
  
  ## Esploratori classes
  
  * Mirabello class
  * Leone class
  * Navigatori class
  