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Esploratore
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<p>An esploratore (meaning "scout") was a type of Italian warship intermediate between <a href="/facts/Destroyer/bkYL7bI8">destroyers</a> and <a href="/facts/Light_cruiser/SMwX2q99">light cruisers</a>. Before <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, existing <i>esploratori</i> were reclassified as destroyers (Italian: <i>cacciatorpediniere</i>). </p><p>There was a further group of warships (<a href="/facts/Capitani_Romani-class_cruiser/GItdcQcB">Capitani Romani class</a>), larger than <i>esploratori</i>, classed as <i>esploratori oceanici</i>, that were effectively unarmoured light cruisers. </p>