Bande Nere took part to the battle of Cape Spada (19 July1940); in this occasion, the light protection of the Condottieri class was clearly exposed, since in the fight between two Italian light cruisers (Bande Nere and Bartolomeo Colleoni) and a British cruiser (HMAS Sydney) with five destroyers, the British sank Colleoni and damaged Bande Nere, while the Italian ships lightly damaged Sydney and a destroyer.
1 April: sunken. On the morning of 1 April 1942, Bande Nere left Messina to reach La Spezia, with the escort of destroyer Aviere and patrol Libra. At a distance of 11 miles from Stromboli, at 9am, the group was intercepted by British submarine Urge: a torpedo broke in two pieces the Bande Nere, which sunk quickly.
Giovanni was deeply devoted to the pope and, after his death, he imposed the fl color of the mourning to his armbands and was named 'delle BandeNere' (of Black Armbands).
In the meantime pope Clemente VII defected to the French and in 1525 Giovanni de Medici fought at Pavia against the imperial troops of Charles V king of Spain and emperor of Germany.
The BandeNere reached Curtatone in the late evening and found the drawbridges on for the night and were forced to wait the morning after suffering a signal delay.
Giovanni delle BandeNere was an Italian Condottieri class light cruiser, named after the homonymous Italian military leader, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II.
During the war, BandeNere participated to 15 missions: 4 interceptions, 8 convoy escorts, 3 mine layings, for an overall of 35,000 miles.
On the morning of 1 April1942, BandeNere left Messina to reach La Spezia, with the escort of destroyer Aviere and patrol Libra.
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