Italian Cruiser Alberto da Giussano Country: Italy Type: Cruiser Service: 1931 - 1941 Laid down: 29 March 1928 Launched: 27 April 1930 Commissioned: 1 January 1931 Fate: Sunk 13 December 1941

The Di Giussano class light cruisers were built before World War II for the Italian Regia Marina. They were to contribute towards Facist Italian predominance in the Mediterranean Sea. The Da Giussano class was the first of Condottieri class cruisers that constituted a sequence of five, different, light cruiser classes of the Regia Marina.

Alberto da Giussano was an Italian Condottieri class cruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was launched on 27 April 1930. Commissioned in 1931, Alberto da Giussano later supported the Italian intervention in the Spanish Civil War. After the Italian entry into World War II, she was the Battle of Punta Stilo in July 1940. She carried out a minelaying sortie off Pantelleria in August, and for the rest of the year acted as distant cover for troop and supply convoys to North Africa. She was hit by a torpedo amidships, burst into flames and sunk on 13 December 1941, in the Battle of Cape Bon.