• List of frigate classes
• List of corvette classes

Argentina (Armada de la República Argentina

Argentine Navy

The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force....

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• Almirante Brown class - 4 ships in service 1983
• Espora class
  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....
  
   - 6 ships in service 1985

Australia (Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

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• Adelaide class
  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 ships (2 decommissioned)
• Anzac class
  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...
  
   - 10 ships built 1993-2004

Bangladesh

• Khalid Bin Walid class
  BNS Khalid Bin Walid
  BNS Khalid Bin Walid is a Guided Missile Frigate of the Bangladesh Navy, and is one of the most modern currently in service. She is currently moored at Chittagong, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla...
  
   - 1 ship (Ulsan Class)
• Osman Class
  BNS Osman
  BNS Osman is a modified Type 053H frigate of the Bangladeshi Navy, bought in 1989 from China. She is the first Guided Missile Frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy.-Career:...
  
   - 1 ship (ex-Chinese 'Jianghu I' class)
• Abu Bakr class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships (ex-British Leopard class)
• Umar Faruq 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...
  
   - 1 ship (ex-British Salisbury class)

Brazil

• Greenhalgh class
  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...
  
   - 11 ships active (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...
  
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• Niteroi class
  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...
  
   - 6 ships built (1975–86)
• Para class
  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...
  
   - all 10+ glover retired
• Barroso class - 1 ship (building)
• Inhauma class
  Inhaúma class corvette
  The Inhaúma Class corvettes are four escort vessels operated by the Brazilian Navy. These ships were built in Brazil and designed with assistance from the German company Marine Technik. It was originally planned to build 12 to 16 ships but the economic situation in Brazil did not permit this and...
  
   - 4 ships corvettes

Bulgaria

• Koni class
  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 ship (ex-Russian Delfin)
• Wielingen-class
  Wielingen class frigate
  The Wielingen class is a class of four multi-functional frigates built for the Belgian Navy. The ships are named after sandbanks in the North Sea, not far from the Belgian coast, or sea routes. The lead ship is named after the Wielingen sandbank....
  
   - 3 ships (in Bulgarian Navy
  Bulgarian Navy
  The Bulgarian Navy is the navy of Republic of Bulgaria and forms part of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. It has been largely overlooked in the reforms that Bulgaria had to go through in order to comply with NATO standards, mostly because of the great expense involved and the fact that naval assaults...
  
   often designated as Drazki (Daring) class)

Canada (Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...

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• Halifax class
  Halifax class frigate
  The Halifax-class frigate is a class of multi-role patrol frigates that have served the Royal Canadian Navy since 1992...
  
   - 12 ships Refit 2010-2017

Chile (Armada de Chile

Chilean Navy

-Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the...

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• Type-22 Boxer class (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...
  
   - 1 ship, 2003
• Jacob van Heemskerck class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships, 2006
• Karel Doorman class
  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....
  
   - 2/2 ships, 2006, 2007
• Type 23 Duke class
  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...
  
   — 2/3 ships 2006, 2007, 2008

China (Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Hǎijūn

People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...

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• Zuhai class - 1 ship
• Jinan class
  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....
  
   - 15 ships
• Type 053H/H1 Xiamen (Jianghu I/II) class
  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....
  
   - 21 ships
• Type 053H2 Huangshi (Jianghu III) class
  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....
  
   - 3 ships
• Type 053HT-H Siping (Jianghu IV) class
  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....
  
   - 1 ship
• Type 053H1G Zigong (Jianghu V) class
  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....
  
   - 6 ships
• Type 053H2G Anqing (Jiangwei) class
  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...
  
   - 4 ships
• Type 053H3 Jiangwei II class
  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...
  
   - 8 ships
• Type 054 Ma'anshan class
  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...
  
   - 6 ships

Denmark

• Iver Huitfeldt class
  Ivar Huitfeldt class frigate
  The Iver Huitfeldt class will be a three-ship class of frigates entering service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013.-Background:...
  
   - 3 ships (under construction, not commissioned yet)
• Peder Skram class
  Peder Skram class frigate
  The Peder Skram class frigate was a class of frigate built for the Royal Danish Navy in the period 1964 - 1967. Only two vessels in this class were ever constructed, Peder Skram F352 and . The ships were named after Danish Admirals Peder Skram and Herluf TrolleThe ships were modernised in 1976-78...
  
   - 2 ships retired

Ecuador

• Eloy Alfaro 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...
  
   - 2 ships (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...
  
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Egypt

• Mubarak 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...
  
   - 4 ships (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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• Damyat 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...
  
   - 2 ships (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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• Najim al Zafir class - 2 ships (ex-Chinese 'Jianghu' class)
• El Fateh class
  W and Z class destroyer
  The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning with "W-" and "Z-", respectively, although, like the preceding U and V class, two of the flotilla leaders were named after historical naval...
  
   - 1 ship (ex-British destroyer Zenith)
• Tariq class
  Black Swan class sloop
  The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including...
  
   - 1 ship (ex-British sloop Whimbrel)

France (Marine Nationale

French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

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• Cassard class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships, due to be decommissioned around 2010.
• Georges Leygues class
  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...
  
   - 7 ships
• Lafayette class
  La Fayette class frigate
  The La Fayette class units are light multi-mission frigates built by DCN and operated by French Marine Nationale...
  
   - 5 ships commissioned 1996
• 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...
  
   - 6 ships
• Comandant Rivière class - 9 ships decommissioned

Germany (Deutsche Marine

German Navy

The German Navy is the navy of Germany and is part of the unified Bundeswehr .The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet of the revolutionary era of 1848 – 52 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy...

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• F120 Köln class
  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...
  
   - 6 ships retired
• F122 Bremen class
  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 ships 1980's
• F123 Brandenburg class
  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...
  
   - 4 ships 1990's
• F124 Sachsen class
  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...
  
   - 3 newest heavy frigate (replacing destroyers)

Greece (Hellenic Navy

Hellenic Navy

The Hellenic Navy is the naval force of Greece, part of the Greek Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence...

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• Elli class
  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 ships (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...
  
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• Hydra class
  Hydra class frigate
  The Hydra class are a group of four frigates in service with the Hellenic Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case the MEKO 200 design. The programme was authorised in 1988 and partially paid for with FMS aid and previsioned for the...
  
   - 4 ships commissioned 1992-98

India (Bharatiya Nau Sena

Indian Navy

The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...

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• Shivalik class
  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...
  
   - 2 active, 1 ship under construction, 7 more possible
• Talwar class
  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...
  
   - 3 ships + 3 under construction
• Project 16A Brahmaputra Class
  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 ships
• Project 16 Godavari class
  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...
  
   - 3 ships commissioned 1983-88
• Nilgiri class - 1 ship in service + 5 decommissioned (modified 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...
  
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Indonesia

• Ahmad Yani 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...
  
   - 6 ships (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...
  
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• Martha Khristina Tiyahahu 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:...
  
   - 3 ships (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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• Sanadikun class
  Claud Jones class destroyer escort
  The Claud Jones class destroyer escorts were four ships built for the US Navy in the late 1950s. These ships were a Diesel version of the earlier Dealey class and were designed with the aim of producing a cheaper ship suitable for rapid production in wartime. These ships also had reduced armament...
  
   - 4 ships (ex US Claud Jones class
  Claud Jones class destroyer escort
  The Claud Jones class destroyer escorts were four ships built for the US Navy in the late 1950s. These ships were a Diesel version of the earlier Dealey class and were designed with the aim of producing a cheaper ship suitable for rapid production in wartime. These ships also had reduced armament...
  
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• Hajar Dewantara class - 1 ship (training ship)
• Fatahillah class
  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...
  
   - 3 ships
• Diponegoro class
  Sigma class corvette
  - Modular design :The basic design of the Sigma Patrol Series can vary as the hull segments are designed as components. Ships can vary in the number of hull segments and in the order in which they are placed. Sigma stands for Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach...
  
   - 4 ships

Iran

• Alvand class
  Alvand class frigate
  The Alvand class comprise four Iranian light patrol frigates. Only three are currently in service....
  
   - 3 ships
• Mowj class - 2 ships

Italy (Marina Militare

Marina Militare

The Italian Navy is the navy of the Italian Republic. It is one of the four branches of military forces of Italy; formed in 1946, from what remained of the Regia Marina . As of 2008, the Italian Navy had 35,200 active personnel with 180 commissioned ships, 19 Floating Docks, and 123 aircraft...

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• Centauro class - 4 ships
• Bergamini class - 4 ships
• Alpino class
  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 ships
• 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...
  
   - 4 ships
• Maestrale class
  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...
  
   - 8 ships
• Artigliere 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...
  
   - 4 ships, originally built for Iraq

Japan (Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force)

• Akebono class
  Akebono class frigate
  The Akebono class destroyer escort of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is the first post World War II Japanese indigenous frigate class, and its primary task is ASW. It is also called B Type escort and it is compared by 9B Type escort . JMSDF chose Ikazuchi class. Only a single unit was...
  
   - 1 ship decommissioned 1976
• Ikazuchi class
  Ikazuchi class frigate
  The Ikazuchi class destroyer escort is the successor of Asahi class destroyer escort. Two units were built, Ikazuchi and Inazuma.-Ships:...
  
   - 2 ships decommissioned 1976 & 1977
• Isuzu class
  Isuzu class frigate
  The Isuzu class destroyer escort of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is the first post World War II Japanese destroyer escorts to be armed with torpedoes, and this is the improved version of the , with the same ASW mission. This class was followed by .-Ships:...
  
   - 4 ships all decommissioned 1991 to 1993
• Chikugo class
  Chikugo class frigate
  The Chikugo class destroyer escort of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is the successor of Isuzu class, with the same ASW mission. This class was followed by . This is the first post World War II Japanese destroyer escort to carry ASROC ASW missiles.- Ships in the class :...
  
   - 11 ships all decommissioned 1996 to 2003
• Ishikari class
  Ishikari class frigate
  The JDS Ishikari is the first destroyer escort with the gas turbine engine and surface-to-surface missile of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force...
  
   - 1 ship commissioned 1981
• Yubari class
  Yubari class frigate
  The Yubari-class destroyer escort of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is the successor of the Ishikari-class destroyer escort. Yubari was named after the experimental light cruiser of the 1920s-30s, which served in World War II.This class was the extended version of its predecessor, JDS...
  
   - 2 ships commissioned 1983 & 1984
• Abukuma class
  Abukuma class frigate
  The Abukuma class destroyer escort is the general-purpose destroyer escort of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It is the successor of the earlier ....
  
   - 6 ships commissioned 1989 to 1993

Libya (Libyan Navy

Libyan Navy

The Libyan Navy was the maritime force of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, established in November 1962. It was a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability...

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• Dat Assawari
  Libyan frigate Dat Assawari
  The Dat Assawari was a frigate operated by the Libyan Navy. The ship was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Britain. It was ordered in February 1968 and delivered in 1973. The ship's design , the Vosper Mk 7 is a modified version of the Alvand class frigate built for the Iranian Navy...
  
   1 ship commissioned 1973

Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Navy

Royal Malaysian Navy

The Royal Malaysian Navy is the naval arm of Malaysian Armed Forces. All commissioned ships of the RMN have the prefix KD , which means Royal Ship.-Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve:...

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• Rahmat class
  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...
  
   - 1 ship (decommissioned 2004 retired)
• Lekiu class
  Lekiu Class Frigates
  The Lekiu class frigates are presently the most modern major assets of the Royal Malaysian Navy. The class comprised two vessels, F29 KD Jebat and F30 KD Lekiu...
  
   - 2 ships
• Kasturi class
  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....
  
   - 2 ships
• Hang Tuah class
  KD Hang Tuah
  KD Hang Tuah is the second of the two frigates operated by Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia since the 1970s before the commissioning of newer ships Jebat, Lekiu, Kasturi and Lekir in the 1990s.- Construction:...
  
   - 1 ship used as a training frigate

Mexico

• 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...
  
   - 4 ships (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...
  
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• Bravo class
  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 ships (ex-USS Bronstein class frigate
  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 ,...
  
  )

Morocco

• Mohammed V 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...
  
   - 2 ships (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...
  
  )

Myanmar

• Anawratha class frigate - 4 ships 2006 - 2010
• Aung Zay Ya class frigate - 2 ships under construction

Netherlands (Koninklijke Marine

Royal Netherlands Navy

The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

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• Van Amstel class - 6 ships, 1954 (former United States Navy
  United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
  
   Bostwick class)
• 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...
  
   - 6 ships, 1967-1968 (modified 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...
  
  )
• Tromp class - 2 ships, 1975–1976
• 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...
  
   - 10 ships, 1978–1983
• Jacob van Heemskerck class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships, 1986
• Karel Doorman class
  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....
  
   - 8 ships, 1991–1995
• De Zeven Provinciën class
  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...
  
   - 4 ships, 2001–2005

New Zealand (Royal New Zealand Navy

Royal New Zealand Navy

The Royal New Zealand Navy is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...

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• Te Kaha (Anzac) class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships
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  ?
  or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference...
  
   - Under Development ship (planned replacement for Canterbury)

Norway (Royal Norwegian Navy)

• Fridtjof Nansen class
  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...
  
  , modified version 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...
  
   - 5 ships planned (2005–2010)
• Oslo class
  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...
  
   - 3 ships all decommissioned

North Korea

• Soho class
  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....
  
   - 1 ship
• Najin class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships

Pakistan (Pak Behria

Pakistan Navy

The Pakistan Navy is the naval warfare/service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. Pakistan's Navy is responsible for Pakistan's coastline along the Arabian Sea and the defense of important civilian harbors and military bases...

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• Tariq class
  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 ships (ex-UK Amazon class
  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:...
  
  )
• Zulfiquar class - 4 ships ( F-22P
  F-22P
  The F-22P or Zulfiquar Class Frigate , is a general purpose frigate being built by China and Pakistan for the Pakistan Navy . The first ship, PNS Zulfiquar, was handed over to the PN on 30 July 2009 and the second, PNS Shamsheer, on January 23, 2010...
  
  )

Peru (Marina de Guerra del Perú

Peruvian Navy

The Peruvian Navy is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to 200 nautical miles from the Peruvian littoral...

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• Modified 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...
  
   - 4 ships
• 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...
  
   - 4 ships

Philippines

• Datu Kalantiaw class - 3 ships (1967–present)
• Andres Bonifacio class
  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 ships (1975–1995)
• Rajah Soliman class - 1 ship (1961–1965)
• Rajah Lakandula class - 1 ship (1975–1988)
• BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15)
  BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15)
  The BRP Gregorio del Pilar is a patrol frigate of the Philippine Navy. Originally, it was built as a US Coast Guard Hamilton class cutter, known as USCGC Hamilton and was transferred to the Philippine Navy on May 13, 2011. In late July 2011, she passed by Hawaii for a brief port visit and during...
  
   - 1 ship (present)

Poland (Marynarka Wojenna

Polish Navy

The Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - MW RP Polish Navy, is the branch of Republic of Poland Armed Forces responsible for naval operations...

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• General K. Pulaski class - 2 ships (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...
  
  )

Portugal Navy (Marinha Portuguesa

Portuguese Navy

The Portuguese Navy is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the military defence of Portugal....

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• Joao Belo class
  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...
  
   - 3 ships
• Vasco da Gama class
  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...
  
   - 3 ships
• Bartolomeu Dias class frigate - 2 ships

Romania (Romanian Naval Forces

Romanian Naval Forces

The Romanian Navy is the navy branch of the Romanian Armed Forces; it operates in the Black Sea and on the Danube.-History:-Development of the Romanian Navy:The Romanian Navy has been founded in 1860 as a river flotilla on the Danube...

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• Type 22 class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships
• Mărăşeşti class
  Romanian frigate Mărăşeşti
  Mărășești is a frigate currently serving with the Romanian Navy, named after Mărășești, the site of a Romanian victory in World War I. Mărășești served as the flagship of the navy between 1985 and 2004, when Regele Ferdinand became the new flagship...
  
   - 1 ship
• Rear-Admiral Eustațiu Sebastian class - 2 ships
• Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu class - 4 ships

Russia/USSR (Voyenno- Morskoy Flot)

• Admiral Gorshkov class
  Admiral Sergei Gorshkov class frigate
  The Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates, also known as Project 22350, are a class of frigate of the Russian Navy. They have been designed by the Severnoye Design Bureau, Saint Petersburg, the lead ship being named after Sergey Gorshkov.- Design :...
  
   - 1 ship (19 more planned)
• Neustrashimy class
  Neustrashimy Class frigate
  Neustrashimy class frigates are the most modern large frigates in the Russian Navy. The Soviet designation is Project 1154 Yastreb .-Design:...
  
   - 1 ship & another planned?
• Legkiy class
  Krivak class frigate
  The Project 1135 Burevestnik class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. These ship are commonly known by their NATO reporting name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak-I, Krivak-II, and Krivak-III classes.These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class...
  
   - 2 ships
• Bessmennyy class
  Krivak class frigate
  The Project 1135 Burevestnik class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. These ship are commonly known by their NATO reporting name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak-I, Krivak-II, and Krivak-III classes.These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class...
  
   - 10 ships; possible 4 still active as of 2008
• Bditel'nyy class
  Krivak class frigate
  The Project 1135 Burevestnik class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. These ship are commonly known by their NATO reporting name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak-I, Krivak-II, and Krivak-III classes.These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class...
  
   - 19 ships; possibly 4 still active as of 2008
• Koni class frigate
  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 ship sold to Bulgaria
• Mirka class frigate
  Mirka class frigate
  The Mirka Class was the NATO reporting name for a class of light frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the mid to late 1960s. The Soviet Designation was Storozhevoi Korabl Project 35 and Project 35-M .-Design:...
  
   - 18 ships all decommissioned
• Petya class frigate
  Petya class frigate
  The Petya Class was the NATO reporting name for a class of light frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s. The Soviet Designation was Storozhevoi Korabl Project 159.-Design:...
  
   - 37 ships 8 still active as of 2008; 6 Vietnamese & 2 Syrian.
• Riga class frigate
  Riga class frigate
  The Riga class was the NATO reporting name for class of frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the 1950s. The Soviet designation for these ships was Storozhevoi Korabl Project 50 Gornostay . The Riga class were analogous to World War II era destroyer escorts.-Design:These ships were a smaller and...
  
   - 68 ships built 1950's sold to various navies
• Kola class frigate
  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...
  
   - 8 ships all decommissioned
• Tartarstan/Gepard class frigate
  Tartarstan/Gepard class frigate
  The Gepard class frigates were intended as a successor to the earlier Koni, Grisha, and Parchim-class corvettes. The first unit of the class, Yastreb , was laid down at the Zelenodol'sk Zavod shipyard at Tatarstan in 1991. It was launched in July 1993, after which it began fitting out...
  
   - 1 ship in service & 2 under construction

Saudi Arabia (Saudi Navy)

• Arriyad class - 3 ships building ( a version of the La Fayette class frigate
  La Fayette class frigate
  The La Fayette class units are light multi-mission frigates built by DCN and operated by French Marine Nationale...
  
  )
• Al Madinah class - 4 ships

Singapore (Republic of Singapore Navy

Republic of Singapore Navy

The Republic of Singapore Navy is the naval component of the Singapore Armed Forces , responsible for the defence of Singapore against sea-borne threats and protection of its sea lines of communications. Operating within the crowded littoral waters of the Singapore Strait, the RSN is regarded as...

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• Formidable class
  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...
  
   - 6 ships commissioned 2007-2009

South Africa (South African Navy

South African Navy

The South African Navy is the navy of the Republic of South Africa.-Formation:The South African Navy can trace its official origins back to the SA Naval Service, which was established on 1 April 1922....

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• President class
  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....
  
   - 3 ships (no longer in service - 1 sunk & 2 scrapped)
• Valour class
  Valour class frigate
  The South African Valour class frigates are the major surface ships of the South African Navy. Their German manufacturer designates these warships as the MEKO A-200SAN class, member of its MEKO family of naval ships...
  
   - 4 ships (also known as MEKO
  MEKO
  The MEKO family of warships was developed by the German company Blohm + Voss.MEKO is a registered trademark. The portmanteau stands for "Mehrzweck-Kombination" . It is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament, electronics and other equipment, aiming at ease of...
  
   A200SAN)

South Korea (Republic of Korea Navy

Republic of Korea Navy

The Republic of Korea Navy or the ROK Navy is the branch of the South Korean armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations and amphibious landing operations. The ROK Navy includes the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, which is a quasi-autonomous organization...

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• Kwanggaeto class - 3 ships
• Ulsan class - 9 ships
• Pohang class
  Pohang class corvette
  The Pohang class corvette is a class of general purpose vessels operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. They have served in a coastal defense role during the late Cold War and post Cold War period....
  
   - 24 ships
• Donghae class
  Tonghae class corvette
  The Donghae class corvette is a class of four ships of the South Korean Navy used for coastal patrol duties. Each corvette is armed with one Oto Melara 76 mm compact gun, three AA guns, six torpedoes and twelve depth charges for anti-submarine operations. The ships resemble the later , but have...
  
   - 3 ships

Spain (Armada Española

Spanish Navy

The Spanish Navy is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such as the discovery of Americas, the first world circumnavigation, and the discovery of a maritime path...

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• Marte class - 2 ships
• Jupiter class - 2 ships
• Eolo class - 2 ships
• Pizarro class - 8 ships
• Atrevida class - 6 ships
• Baleares class
  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 ships (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...
  
  )
• Santa Maria class
  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 ships (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...
  
  , built in Ferrol, Spain.)
• 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...
  
   - 5 ships

Republic of China (Taiwan) (Zhōnghuá Mínguó Hǎijūn

Republic of China Navy

The Republic of China Navy is the maritime branch of the Armed forces of the Republic of China . The ROC Navy's primary mission is to defend ROC territories and the sea lanes that surround Taiwan against a blockade, attack, or possible invasion by forces of the People's Republic of China...

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• Cheung Kung class - 7 ships
• Kang Ting class - 6 ships
• Chi Yang class - 8 ships (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 class - 12 ships

Thailand (Royal Thai Navy

Royal Thai Navy

The Royal Thai Navy is the navy of Thailand and part of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, it was established in the late 19th century. Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse is "The Father of Royal Thai Navy". Similar to the organizational structure of the United States, the Royal Thai Navy includes the...

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• Phutthayotfa Chulalok class - 2 ships (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...
  
  )
• Naresuan class - 2 ships
• Chao Phraya class - 4 ships (ChineseType 053H2 Huangshi (Jianghu III) class
  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....
  
  )
• Makut Rajakumarn class
  HTMS Makut Rajakumarn
  The HTMS Makut Rajakumarn is a frigate operated by the Royal Thai Navy. The ship was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow, Scotland. The ship entered service in 1973 and is currently in service as a training ship....
  
   - 1 ships
• Tapi class - 2 ships (ex-US PF-103 class)

Turkey (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri

Turkish Navy

The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...

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• Gaziantep class - 9 ships (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...
  
  )
• Muavenet class - 8 ships (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...
  
  )
• Tepe class - 4 ships (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...
  
  )
• Barbaros class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships
• Salihreis class
  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...
  
   - 2 ships (modified Barbaros class frigate)
• Yavuz class
  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...
  
   - 4 ships
• Berk class - 2 ships

United Kingdom (Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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• River class
  River class frigate
  The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....
  
   — 138 ships
• Colony class — 21 ships
• Captain class
  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 ships
• Loch class
  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...
  
   — 26 ships
• Bay class
  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 ships
• Type 15 class
  Type 15 frigate
  The Type 15 frigate was a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. They were conversions based on the hulls of World War II-era destroyers built to the standard War Emergency Programme "utility" design.-History:...
  
  — 23 ships
• Type 16 class
  Type 16 frigate
  The Type 16 frigates were a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. They were based on the hulls of World War II-era destroyers that had been rendered obsolete by rapid advances in technology...
  
  — 10 ships
• Type 41 Leopard class
  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...
  
   — 4 ships
• Type 61 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...
  
   — 4 ships
• Type 12 Whitby class
  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...
  
   — 6 ships
• Type 12I Rothesay class
  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....
  
   — 9 ships
• Type 14 Blackwood class
  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...
  
   — 12 ships
• Type 81 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:...
  
   — 7 ships
• Type 12M Leander class (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...
  
   - 8 ships
• Type 12M Leander class (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...
  
   - 8 ships
• Type 12M broad-beamed Leander class (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...
  
   - 10 ships
• Type 21 Amazon class
  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:...
  
   — 8 ships
• Type-22 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...
  
   - 4 ships
• Type-22 Boxer class (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...
  
   - 6 ships
• Type-22 Cornwall class (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...
  
   - 4 ships
• Type 23 Duke class
  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...
  
   — 16 ships

United States (United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

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• Bronstein class
  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 ships 1963 (Transfer to Mexico actual ARM Bravo Class)
• Garcia class
  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 ships and 1 AGFF ship 1964 to 1968
• Brooke class
  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 ships 1966 to 1968
• Knox class - 46 FF ships 1969 to 1974
• 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...
  
   - 51 FFG ships 1977 to 1989

Uruguay (National Navy of Uruguay

National Navy of Uruguay

The National Navy of Uruguay is a branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay under the direction of the Ministry of National Defense and the commander in chief of the Navy Admiral Juan H...

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• Uruguay class
  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...
  
   - 3 ships

Venezuela (Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela)

• Mariscal Sucre class - 6 ships (ex-Italian 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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Vietnam (Vietnamese People's Navy)

• Pham Ngu Lao class
  USS Absecon
  Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Absecon, after Absecon Inlet, located north of Atlantic City, New Jersey:*USS Absecon was a single-screw, steel-hulled freighter built in 1918, which saw less than one month of non-commissioned service in October-November 1918, was a...
  
   - 1 ship (ex-seaplane tender)
• Petya class
  Petya class frigate
  The Petya Class was the NATO reporting name for a class of light frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s. The Soviet Designation was Storozhevoi Korabl Project 159.-Design:...
  
   - 5 ships
• Gepard class
  Tartarstan/Gepard class frigate
  The Gepard class frigates were intended as a successor to the earlier Koni, Grisha, and Parchim-class corvettes. The first unit of the class, Yastreb , was laid down at the Zelenodol'sk Zavod shipyard at Tatarstan in 1991. It was launched in July 1993, after which it began fitting out...
  
   - 4 ships (on order)

Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslav Navy 

• Zagreb class - 2 ships
• Beograd class - 2 ships