Strale was a built for the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

(Royal Navy) in the early 1930s. The ship was built by Odero of Sestri Ponente

Sestri Ponente

Sestri Ponente is an industrial suburb of Genoa in northwest Italy. It is part of the Medio Ponente municipio of Genoa.-Geography:It is situated on the Ligurian Sea to the west of the city, between Cornigliano and Pegli...

 and was launched on 26 March 1931. During the Second World War, Strale rammed and sunk the British submarine HMS Odin

HMS Odin (N84)

HMS Odin was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 23 June 1927, launched on 5 May 1928 and commissioned on 21 December 1929....

 along with the destroyer Baleno

Folgore class destroyer

The Folgore Class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the 1930s. All four ships fought in World War II and were sunk. They were a modified version of the Freccia class destroyers, but had the beam reduced to try to increase speed...

on 14 June 1940. She was beached near Cape Bon on 21 March 1942 and later finished off by torpedoes from British submarine .