List of frigate classes
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This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate
classes listed alphabetically. See also List of frigate classes by country.
Frigate
A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
classes listed alphabetically. See also List of frigate classes by country.
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| Abu Bakr | 2 | ex-British Leopard class frigate Leopard class frigate The Type 41 or Leopard class were a class of anti-aircraft defence frigates built for the Royal Navy and Indian Navy in the 1950s. These ships were designed to provide anti-aircraft escorts to convoys, as a result they were not built for fleet speeds and made only... |
| Adelaide Adelaide class frigate The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service in the Royal Australian Navy. The class is based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements... |
6 | derivative of Oliver Hazard Perry class Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie... |
| Ahmad Yani | 6 | ex-Dutch Van Speijk class Van Speijk class frigate The Van Speijk class frigate were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1960s. They were versions of the British Leander class frigates with Dutch radars. The British design was chosen in order to enable rapid construction in order to replace elderly destroyer escorts. The ships were... |
| Al Madinah | 4 | |
| Allende class Allende class frigate Allende class is the name of anti-submarine frigates used by the Mexican Navy. Allende class frigates are former United States Navy Knox-class frigates, and they were bought in 1997. They form the Mexican Gulf Fleet of the Mexican Navy. They are used for anti-submarine and offshore patrol duties... |
3 | ex-USS Knox class Knox class frigate Knox class frigates were United States Navy warships, originally laid down as ocean escorts , but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.A sub-class of the Knox class was built, commonly referred to as... |
| Almirante Brown >align=center| 4 |
built in Germany | |
| Almirante Padilla Almirante Padilla class frigate The Almirante Padilla Class Frigate is a group of frigates operated by the Colombian Navy. The designation of this class is Type FS 1500 and there are 4 ships in service. The ships were built by Howaldtswerke in Kiel, Germany... >align=center| 4 |
built in Germany | |
| Alpino Alpino class frigate The Alpino class were a group of two frigates built for the Italian Navy during the Cold War.-Design:The design was originally conceived as an enlarged version of the Canopo class frigates. The design was however changed radically with a CODOG machinery suite comprising gas turbines and diesels... |
2 | |
| Alvand Alvand class frigate The Alvand class comprise four Iranian light patrol frigates. Only three are currently in service.... |
3 | built in Britain for the Iranian Navy |
| Álvaro de Bazán Álvaro de Bazán class frigate The Álvaro de Bazán class are a new class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defense frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy... >align=center| 5 |
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| Amiral Petre Barbuneanu >align=center| 4 |
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| Andres Bonifacio Andres Bonifacio class frigate The Andres Bonifacio class is a ship class of four frigates that served with the Philippine Navy from 1976 to the mid-1990s. These ships were formerly used by the US Navy as Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders and by the US Coast Guard as Casco class weather heavy endurance cutters... |
4 | modified ex-US Casco class, all decommissioned |
| Anzac Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy... |
8 | built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia |
| Arriyad | 4 | three under construction |
| Artigliere | 4 | |
| Atrevida | 6 | |
| "Aung Zay Ya" | 4 | built in Myanmar |
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| Baleares Baleares class frigate The Baleares class are a group of five frigates built for the Spanish navy in the 1970s. The ships are a modified version of the American Knox class frigates. The key differences are the replacement of the Sea Sparrow PDMS and ASW helicopter facilities by Standard SAM and associated radars... |
5 | modified Knox class Knox class frigate Knox class frigates were United States Navy warships, originally laid down as ocean escorts , but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.A sub-class of the Knox class was built, commonly referred to as... |
| Bangabandhu | 1 | |
| Baptista de Andrade >align=center| 4 |
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| Barbaros Barbaros class frigate The Barbaros-class frigates are the most modern frigates in the Turkish Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case the MEKO 200 design. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance... |
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| Barroso | one under construction | |
| Bay Bay class frigate The Bay class was a class of 26 anti-aircraft frigates built for the Royal Navy under the 1943 War Emergency Programme during World War II... |
21 | |
| Bditel'nyy | 19 | see Burevestnik Class |
| Beograd | 2 | |
| Bergamini | 4 | |
| Bessmennyy | 10 | |
| Brahmaputra Brahmaputra class frigate The Brahmaputra class frigates are guided-missile frigates of the Indian Navy, designed and built in India. They are an enhancement of the Godavari class, with a displacement of 3850 tons and a length of 126 metres... |
3 | built by GRSE; Indian Navy: 2000–present |
| Brandenburg Brandenburg class frigate The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigate. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989, and then completed and commissioned between 1994 and 1996 to replace the Hamburg class destroyers... >align=center| 4 |
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| Bravo | 2 | |
| Bremen Bremen class frigate The eight F122 Bremen class frigates of the German Navy were commissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design is similar to the Dutch Kortenaer class but uses a different hull and propulsion system. The ships were built for anti-submarine warfare as a primary task even though they are not fitted with... |
8 | |
| Bronstein Bronstein class frigate The Bronstein class frigates were United States Navy warships, originally laid down as ocean escorts , but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.The lead ship of the class was the ,... |
2 | FF 1963 |
| Brooke Brooke class frigate The Brooke class was a United States Navy frigate class that is based on the Garcia class, but with the addition of the Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System.-Description:... |
6 | FFG 1966 to 1968 |
| Burevestnik | 40 | |
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| Canterbury (Leander) Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... >align=center| 2 |
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| Captains Captain class frigate The Captain class were 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the United States, launched in 1942–1943 and delivered to the United Kingdom under the provisions of Lend-Lease. They served in World War II as convoy escorts, anti-submarine warfare vessels and coastal forces control frigates... |
78 | US built Destroyer Escorts |
| Cassard Cassard class frigate The Cassard class is a class of AA frigates of the French Navy. The class is an air defence variant of the Georges Leygues class. The two classes have a different armament and propulsion system mounted on an identical hull. Their primary role is to provide air cover for a fleet, an aeronaval... |
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| Centauro | 4 | |
| Chao Phraya | 4 | Chinese Jianghu III class |
| Cheung Kung | 7 | |
| Chi Yang | 8 | ex-US Knox class Knox class frigate Knox class frigates were United States Navy warships, originally laid down as ocean escorts , but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.A sub-class of the Knox class was built, commonly referred to as... |
| Chien Yang | 12 | |
| Commandant Rivière class frigate Commandant Rivière class frigate The Commandant Rivière class was a type of frigates built for the French Navy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Labeled "aviso-escorteur" , they were designed to perform the role of overseas patrol in peacetime and Anti-Submarine escort in wartime.Four similar ships were built for the Portuguese... |
9 | French built, decommissioned 3 ships sold to Uruguay |
| Condell Condell class frigate The Condell class was the name given to a class of two new build and upgraded type Leander class frigates of the Chilean Navy, Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch. They were ordered by the Chilean government in 1969 as ASW frigates. The ships were built between 1969 and 1973, under Chilean... |
3 | fourth decommissioned, British built Leander Class |
| Contre-Amiral Eustatiu Sebastian >align=center| 2 |
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| Datu Kalantiaw | 3 | ex-US Cannon class Cannon class destroyer escort The Cannon class destroyer escorts were built primarily for ocean Anti-Submarine Warfare escort service during World War II. The lead ship, was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. The class was also known as the DET type from their Diesel Electric Tandem drive. Of the 116... , 2 decommissioned, 1 remain |
| Damyat | 2 | |
| De Zeven Provinciën De Zeven Provinciën class frigate The De Zeven Provinciën class frigates are highly advanced air-defence and command frigates in service with the Koninklijke Marine . This class of ships is also known as LCF... >align=center| 4 |
2001–2005 | |
| D'Estienne d'Orves D'Estienne d'Orves class The A69 type Avisos are small warships mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions . Built on a simple and robust design, they have an economical and reliable propulsion system which allows them to be used for overseas presence missions... >align=center| 20 |
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| El Fateh | 1 | ex-British destroyer Zenith |
| Elli Elli class frigate Elli-class vessels are a group of frigates operated by the Hellenic Navy. The ships are of Dutch origin. The first two ships , which had lengthened hangars and different armament were built specifically for the Hellenic Navy... |
10 | ex-Dutch Kortenaer class Kortenaer class frigate The Kortenaer class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they featured a COGOG propulsion system... |
| Eloy Alfaro | 2 | ex-British Leander class Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... |
| Eolo | 2 | |
| Espora Espora class frigate The Espora class corvettes were all commissioned between 1985 and 2004 for the Argentine Navy, the first four in 1985-1990 and the last two in 2001-2004.... |
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| F125 F125 class frigate F125 is the project name for the Type 125 Baden-Württemberg class of frigates, currently in development for the German Navy by ARGE F125, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and Lürssen... |
five planned | |
| Fatahillah KRI Fatahillah KRI Fatahillah is an Indonesian Navy ship named after Fatahillah, a national war heroic figure who successfully captured back Sunda Kelapa from the hands of the Portuguese and consequently changed its name to Jayakarta... |
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| Floreal Floréal class frigate The Floréal class is a type of light "surveillance frigates" designed for the needs of the French Navy after the end of the Cold War, ordered in 1989. They use construction standards of commercial ships... |
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| Formidable Formidable class frigate The Formidable class multi-role stealth frigates are the latest surface platforms to enter into service with the Republic of Singapore Navy, and are multi-mission derivatives of the French Navy’s La Fayette class frigate. The frigates are key information nodes and fighting units, and are described... |
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| FREMM FREMM multipurpose frigate The FREMM Multipurpose Frigate is a ship designed by DCNS/Armaris and Fincantieri to operate in anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, and be capable of carrying out deep strikes against land targets.The French Navy plans to operate eleven FREMM frigates, and the Marina... |
twenty-seven planned | |
| Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Nansen class frigate The Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates are the main surface combatant units of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The ships are named after famous Norwegian explorers, with the lead ship of the class bearing the name of Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian scientist, explorer and humanitarian.Five ships were ordered... >align=center| 5 |
derivative of Álvaro de Bazán class Álvaro de Bazán class frigate The Álvaro de Bazán class are a new class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defense frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy... |
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| Garcia Garcia class frigate Garcia class frigates were United States Navy warships. These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE or DEG until 1975... |
10 FF and 1 AGFF ship, 1964–1968 | |
| Gaziantep | 8 | ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie... |
| General K. Pulaski >align=center| 2 |
ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie... |
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| Georges Leygues Georges Leygues class frigate The Georges Leygues class is a class of anti-submarine frigates of the French Navy. They are polyvalent , due to their Exocet and Crotale missile complement, making them especially suitable for defence of strategic positions, demonstrations, or highseas escorts.The superstructures were built as to... >align=center| 7 |
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| Godavari Type 16 Godavari Class Frigate The Godavari class frigates are guided-missile frigates of the Indian Navy. The Godavari class was the first significant indigenous warship design and development initiative of the Indian Navy... >align=center| 3 |
built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1983–present | |
| Greenhalgh | 4 | ex-UK Broadsword class (Batch 1) Type 22 frigate The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service... |
| Gregorio del Pilar | 1 | ex-US Hamilton class Hamilton class cutter The Hamilton class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the National Security Cutter, aside from the Polar Ice Breakers. The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC... |
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| Hajar Dewantara >align=center| 1 |
training ship | |
| Halifax Halifax class frigate The Halifax-class frigate is a class of multi-role patrol frigates that have served the Royal Canadian Navy since 1992... |
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| Ilhuicamina | 2 | |
| Inhauma | 4 | |
| Ipiros | 1 | ex-US Knox class Knox class frigate Knox class frigates were United States Navy warships, originally laid down as ocean escorts , but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.A sub-class of the Knox class was built, commonly referred to as... ; two others decommissioned |
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| Jacob van Heemskerck Jacob van Heemskerck class frigate The Jacob van Heemskerck class frigate was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be an air defence version of the Kortenaer class frigate. 2 ships were built for the Dutch Navy and have recently been sold to the Chilean Navy... >align=center| 2 |
1986 | |
| Jinan Jianghu class frigate The Type 053 frigates were a family of Chinese ships that served with the People's Liberation Army Navy , and a small number of foreign navies. The Type 053 was developed from the Soviet Riga-class frigates after the Sino–Soviet split.... |
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| Jianghu Jianghu class frigate The Type 053 frigates were a family of Chinese ships that served with the People's Liberation Army Navy , and a small number of foreign navies. The Type 053 was developed from the Soviet Riga-class frigates after the Sino–Soviet split.... |
31 | |
| Jiangwei Jiangwei class frigate The Type 053H2G and Type 053H3 were Chinese frigates that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy in the 1990s and 2000s... |
14 | |
| Joao Belo João Belo class frigate The João Belo class, also known as Comandante João Belo class, is a class of four frigates of French design, identical to the Commandant Rivière class, with extra equipment for tropical climates... |
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| Joao Coutinho >align=center| 6 |
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| Jupiter | 2 | |
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| Kang Ting | 6 | |
| Karel Doorman Karel Doorman class frigate The Karel Doorman class is a class of eight multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class is also known as the "Multi-purpose" or M class.... >align=center| 8 |
1991–1995 | |
| Kasturi Kasturi Class Frigate The Kasturi class is a ship class of two ships in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy. The ships are considered light frigates or large corvettes, and are called both in news sources.... |
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| Knox | 46 FF, 1969–1974 | |
| Kola Kola class frigate The Kola class was the NATO reporting name for a group of frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the 1950s. The Soviet Designation was Storozhevoi Korabl Project 42. These ships were analogous to World War 2 era destroyer escorts or German Elbing class torpedo boats... |
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| Köln Köln class frigate The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in Germany after World War II.They were the world's first ships to feature a combined diesel and gas propulsion system. The ships received numerous refits during their long careers with new electronics and torpedo tubes... |
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| Koni Koni class frigate Koni class is the NATO reporting name for a anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the Soviet Union. They were known in the Soviet Union as Project 1159. 14 were built in Zelenodolsk shipyard between 1975 and 1988. They were originally intended to replace the older Riga class frigates, but were... |
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| Kotor Kotor class frigate The Kotor class is the name for an anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the SFR Yugoslavia. It was developed on the basis of the Soviet Koni class, but with significant modifications and improvements... |
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| Kortenaer Kortenaer class frigate The Kortenaer class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they featured a COGOG propulsion system... |
10 | 1978–1983 |
| Krivak | 40 | See Burevestnik class. |
| Kwanggaeto | 3 | |
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| La Fayette La Fayette class frigate The La Fayette class units are light multi-mission frigates built by DCN and operated by French Marine Nationale... |
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| Leander Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... |
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| Legkiy | 2 | |
| Lekiu | 2 | |
| Loch Loch class frigate The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy and her allies during World War II. They were an innovative design based on the experience of 3 years of fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic and attendant technological advances.-Design:The Lochs were based upon the... |
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| Lupo Lupo class frigate The Lupo class is a class of frigates built by Cantieri Navali Riuniti for the Italian Navy. Designed as multipurpose warships with emphasis on anti-surface warfare , they have enjoyed some success in the export market, being acquired by the navies of Peru and Venezuela... |
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| Ma An Shan Ma'anshan class frigate The Type 054 frigate is a Chinese multi-role warship that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy in the mid-2000s. They superseded the Type 053H3 frigates... |
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| Maestrale Maestrale class frigate The Maestrale class is a class of frigate in the Marina Militare . The class is composed of eight vessels, all of which were built by Fincantieri S.p. A, Riva Trigoso, except for Grecale, which was built by Fincantieri S.p.A... |
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| Marasesti | 1 | |
| Mariscal Sucre >align=center| 6 |
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| Marte | 2 | |
| Martha Khristina Tiyahahu >align=center| 3 |
ex-UK Tribal class Tribal class frigate The Type 81, or Tribal class, was a class of seven general-purpose frigates for the Royal Navy designed during the 1950s that served throughout the 1960s and 1970s with limited service during the 1980s.-History:... |
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| Meliton Carvajal >align=center| 4 |
Italian built Lupo class Lupo class frigate The Lupo class is a class of frigates built by Cantieri Navali Riuniti for the Italian Navy. Designed as multipurpose warships with emphasis on anti-surface warfare , they have enjoyed some success in the export market, being acquired by the navies of Peru and Venezuela... |
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| Mohammed V | 2 | Floreal class Floréal class frigate The Floréal class is a type of light "surveillance frigates" designed for the needs of the French Navy after the end of the Cold War, ordered in 1989. They use construction standards of commercial ships... |
| Moudge Moudge class frigate The Moudge class, alternately spelled Mowj class , is a class of domestically produced Iranian light frigates. It appears to be a development of the Alvand class design. They are described as Destroyers by the Iranian state media but the size and weight of the ships are more in keeping with that... |
2 | Iranian Built |
| Muavenet | 6 | |
| Mubarak | 4 | ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie... |
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| Najim al Zafir >align=center| 2 |
ex-Chinese Jianghu class | |
| Najin Najin class frigate The North Korean Najin-class frigates are some of the largest vessels in the Korean People's Navy. Although they bear a striking resemblance to ex-Soviet Kola class frigates, they are unrelated to any Russian or Chinese design... |
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| Naresuan | 2 | |
| Neustrashimy Neustrashimy Class frigate Neustrashimy class frigates are the most modern large frigates in the Russian Navy. The Soviet designation is Project 1154 Yastreb .-Design:... >align=center| 2 |
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| Nilgiri | 6 | built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1972-2010 |
| Niteroi Niteroi class frigate - History :The Niterói Class Frigates were designed and built by the British shipyard Vosper Thornycroft in the 1970's. These ships were designated Mk 10 by Vosper Thornycroft and are the largest of a series of ships built by that shipyard for both foreign buyers and the Royal Navy, also known as... |
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| Oliver Hazard Perry Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie... >align=center| |
51 FFG, 1977–1989 | |
| Oslo Oslo class frigate The Oslo class frigate is a Royal Norwegian Navy frigate design, based on the US Navy Dealey class destroyer escorts. The forward hull was customized to suit Norwegian sea conditions better and several sub-systems were European built.- Construction :All ships were built at the Navy Main Yard in... |
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| Osman | 1 | ex-Chinese Jianghu II class |
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| Para | 4 | |
| Pham Ngu Lao >align=center| 1 |
former seaplane tender | |
| Phutthayotfa Chulalok >align=center| 2 |
ex-US Knox class Knox class frigate Knox class frigates were United States Navy warships, originally laid down as ocean escorts , but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.A sub-class of the Knox class was built, commonly referred to as... |
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| Pizarro | 8 | |
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| Rahmat KD Rahmat The KD Rahmat was a frigate operated by the Royal Malaysian Navy.The ship was ordered in 1966 as the KD Hang Jebat. The design emphasised simplicity and economy but had an unusual machinery layout with a gas turbine and two diesels driving two propellers via a gearbox... |
one ship, decommissioned 2004 and retired | |
| Regele Ferdinand Type 22 frigate The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service... |
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| Sachsen Sachsen class frigate The F124 Sachsen class is Germany's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates. The design of the Sachsen class frigate is based on that of the F123 Brandenburg class but with enhanced stealth features intended to deceive any opponent's radar and acoustic sensors and incorporate also the... |
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| Salisbury class Salisbury class frigate The Type 61 Salisbury class were a class of British aircraft direction frigates built for the Royal Navy. They were related to the Type 41 Leopard class frigates, but with reduced armament to make way for more aircraft direction equipment.-Construction Programme:Three further ships of the class... |
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| Sanadikun | 4 | |
| Santa Maria Santa Maria class frigate The Santa Maria class of frigates are theSpanish Navy's designation for six locally-built warships based on theOliver Hazard Perry-class frigatesof the United States Navy.... |
6 | Oliver Hazard Perry class Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie... |
| Shivalik Shivalik class frigate The Shivalik class frigates or Project 17 class frigates are multi-role frigates with stealth features being built for the Indian Navy. They are the first warships being built in India with such features. The lead vessel of the class was commissioned on April 29, 2010.The Shivalik class will be the... |
3 | built by MDL; Indian Navy: 2010–present |
| SF3000 | two planned | |
| Smeli Koni class frigate Koni class is the NATO reporting name for a anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the Soviet Union. They were known in the Soviet Union as Project 1159. 14 were built in Zelenodolsk shipyard between 1975 and 1988. They were originally intended to replace the older Riga class frigates, but were... |
1 | ex-Russian Delfin class |
| Soho Soho class frigate The Soho-class frigates are a class of naval warship currently in use by North Korea. The warships use a twin-hulled design, which is unusual for a country such as North Korea. There is currently only one ship in the class, making it likely that the ship is purely experimental.... |
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| Talwar Talwar class frigate The Talwar class is a new class of frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy. The Talwar class guided missile frigates, also known as the Type 1135.6, are modified Krivak III class frigates from Russia... |
6 | Indian Navy: 2003–present |
| Tariq Tariq class frigate The Tariq class frigates are ex-Royal Navy Type 21 frigates acquired by the Pakistan Navy from the United Kingdom in 1993-94. Although the Royal Navy classified these ships as frigates, they are classed as destroyers by the Pakistan Navy.... |
1 | ex-British sloop Whimbrel |
| Tariq Tariq class frigate The Tariq class frigates are ex-Royal Navy Type 21 frigates acquired by the Pakistan Navy from the United Kingdom in 1993-94. Although the Royal Navy classified these ships as frigates, they are classed as destroyers by the Pakistan Navy.... |
6 | ex-UK Amazon class Amazon class frigate Four classes of frigate of the Royal Navy have been named the Amazon class:*The Amazon class frigates of 1773, made up of 32-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 12-pounder guns, it comprised eighteen ships; the Amazon, Ambuscade and Thetis were launched in 1773; the second batch - Cleopatra,... |
| Te Kaha (Anzac) Anzac class frigate The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy... |
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| Thetis | 4 | |
| Tromp | two ships, 1975–1976 | |
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| Type 053H2G Anqing (Jiangwei) Jiangwei class frigate The Type 053H2G and Type 053H3 were Chinese frigates that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy in the 1990s and 2000s... >align=center| 4 |
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| Jiaxing (Jiangwei II) >align=center| 10 |
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| Type 054 Ma'anshan Ma'anshan class frigate The Type 054 frigate is a Chinese multi-role warship that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy in the mid-2000s. They superseded the Type 053H3 frigates... >align=center| 2 |
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| Type-12 Whitby (Batch 1) Whitby class frigate The Type 12 frigates of the Whitby class were a six-ship class of anti-submarine warfare frigates of the Royal Navy that entered service late in the 1950s. They were designed as first rate ocean-going convoy escorts in light of experience gained during World War II... >align=center| 6 |
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| Type-12 Rothesay (Batch 2) Rothesay class frigate The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy.... >align=center| 9 |
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| Type-14 Blackwood Blackwood class frigate The Type 14, Blackwood, class were a twelve ship class of "second rate" anti-submarine warfare frigates of the Royal Navy, designed and built during the increasing threat from the Soviet Union's large fleet of submarines that roamed the Atlantic Ocean.-Design:They were designed to be cheaper and... >align=center| 12 |
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| Type-12M Leander (Batch 1) Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... >align=center| 8 |
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| Type-12M Leander (Batch 2) Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... >align=center| 8 |
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| Type-12M Leander (Batch 3) Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... >align=center| 10 |
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| Type-21 Amazon Type 21 frigate The Type 21 frigate or Amazon-class frigate was a Royal Navy general-purpose escort designed in the late 1960s, built in the 1970s and that served throughout the 1980s into the 1990s.-History:... |
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| Type-22 Boxer (Batch 2) Type 22 frigate The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service... >align=center| 6 |
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| Type-22 Broadsword (Batch 1) Type 22 frigate The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service... >align=center| 4 |
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| Type-22 Cornwall (Batch 3) Type 22 frigate The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service... >align=center| 4 |
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| Type-23 Duke Type 23 frigate The Type 23 frigate is a class of frigate built for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. All the ships were first named after British Dukes, thus the class is also known as the Duke class. The first Type 23 was commissioned in 1989, and the sixteenth, was launched in May 2000 and commissioned in... |
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| Type-41 Leopard Leopard class frigate The Type 41 or Leopard class were a class of anti-aircraft defence frigates built for the Royal Navy and Indian Navy in the 1950s. These ships were designed to provide anti-aircraft escorts to convoys, as a result they were not built for fleet speeds and made only... |
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| Type-61 Salisbury Salisbury class frigate The Type 61 Salisbury class were a class of British aircraft direction frigates built for the Royal Navy. They were related to the Type 41 Leopard class frigates, but with reduced armament to make way for more aircraft direction equipment.-Construction Programme:Three further ships of the class... >align=center| 4 |
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| Type-81 Tribal Tribal class frigate The Type 81, or Tribal class, was a class of seven general-purpose frigates for the Royal Navy designed during the 1950s that served throughout the 1960s and 1970s with limited service during the 1980s.-History:... |
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| Ulsan Ulsan class frigate The Ulsan class frigate is a class of multi-purpose Guided Missile Frigates built by South Korea. Presently in use with Republic of Korea Navy and Bangladesh Navy.- Design :... |
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| Van Speyk | 6 | 1967-1968 modernised Leander class Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... |
| Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama class frigate The Vasco da Gama class is a class of frigates of the Portuguese Navy. Named in honor of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the ships are based on the German MEKO 200 design, and are Portugal's major surface ships... >align=center| 3 |
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| Yavuz Yavuz class frigate The Yavuz class are a group of four frigates that were built for the Turkish Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO family of modular warships; in this case the MEKO 200 design... |
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