Italian destroyer Giacomo Medici

Giacomo Medici off Algiers on 19 April 1922.
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Giacomo Medici
Namesake	Giacomo Medici (1817–1882), Italian general and politician
Builder	Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down	2 October 1916
Launched	6 September 1918
Completed	13 September 1918
Commissioned	13 September 1918
Identification	Pennant number MD
Motto	Signemus fidem sanguinis (Let Us Sign the Faith of Blood)
Reclassified	Torpedo boat 1 October 1929
Fate	Sunk 16 April 1943 Stricken 18 October 1946 Refloated 1952 Scrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	785 long tons (798 t) (standard) 851 long tons (865 t) (full load)
Length	72.5 m (237 ft 10 in) (waterline)
Beam	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power	15,500 shp (11,558 kW) maximum 17,000 shp (12,677 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Tosi steam turbines 4 × Thornycroft boilers
Speed	33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph)
Range	2,230 nmi (4,130 km; 2,570 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) 410 nmi (759 km; 472 mi) at 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	4 officers, 74 non-commissioned officers and sailors
Armament	As built: 4 × 102 mm (4 in)/45 guns 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in)/40 AA 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes 10 mines

Giacomo Medici was an Italian La Masa-class destroyer. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy") in 1918, she served in the final weeks of World War I. During the interwar period, she took part in operations during the Corfu incident in 1923 and was reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929. During World War II, she took part in convoy escort operations in support of the Greco–Italian War as well as in the Mediterranean campaign until she was sunk in 1943.