Ships
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adua | CRDA | 13.9.1936 | sunk on 30 September 1941, by destroyers HMS Gurkha and HMS Legion, Western Mediterranean sea |
| Alagi | CRDA | 15.11.1936 | sold for scrap on 1 February 1948 |
| Aradam | CRDA | 18.10.1936 | sunk on 4 September 1944 in Genoa by Allied bombers |
| Ascianghi | OTO | 5.12.1937 | scuttled near Augusta, Sicily on 23 July 1943, after attack of destroyers HMS Laforey and HMS Eclipse |
| Axum | CRDA | 27.9.1936 | scuttled near Morea on 28 December 1943, during a mission for the Allies |
| Beilul | OTO | 22.5.1938 | sunk by Allied air attack, May 1944 |
| Dagabur | Tosi | 22.11.1936 | sunk during Operation Pedestal by the British destroyer HMS Wolverine |
| Dessiè | Tosi | 22.11.1936 | sunk on 28 November 1942 by destroyers HMS Quiberon and HMS Quentin, near Bona, Algeria. |
| Durbo | OTO | 6.3.1938 | scuttled on 18 October 1940 east of Gibraltar after attack by destroyers HMS Firedrake and HMS Wrestler |
| Gondar | OTO | 3.10.1937 | scuttled on 30 September 1940, near Alexandria, after attack by destroyers HMAS Stuart and HMS Diamond |
| Lafolè | OTO | 10.4.1938 | sunk on 20 October 1940, north of Melilla by destroyers HMS Gallant, HMS Hotspur and HMS Griffin |
| Macallé | OTO | 29.10.1936 | assigned to the Red Sea Flotilla and ran aground on 15 June 1940 when the crew was disabled by central nervous system poisoning from a chloromethane leak in the ship's air conditioning system. |
| Neghelli | OTO | 7.11.1937 | sunk on 19 January 1941 by destroyer HMS Greyhound |
| Scirè | OTO | 6.1.1938 | sunk on 10 August 1942 off Haifa by HMS Islay |
| Tembien | OTO | 6.2.1938 | sunk on 2 August 1941, west of Malta, by HMS Hermione |
| Uarsciek | Tosi | 19.9.1937 | sunk on 14 December 1942, south of Malta, by HMS Petard and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga |
| Uebi Scebeli | Tosi | 3.10.1937 | sunk on 29 June 1940 by HMS Dainty and HMS Ilex |
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