List of frigate classes

This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically.

Frigate class Number
of ships
Notes

A

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Absalon 2
Abukuma 6
Aconit 1
Adelaide 6 derivative of Oliver Hazard Perry class
Admiral Gorshkov 3
Admiral Grigorovich 3
Admiral Pereira da Silva 3
Admiral Pitka 1
Ahmad Yani 6 ex-Dutch Van Speijk class
Akebono 1
Al-Aziz 1 MEKO 200 design, three under construction
Al Madinah 4
Al Riyadh 3
Aldebaran 4 ex-US Cannon class
Allende 4 ex-US Knox class
Almirante Brown 4 MEKO 360 design
Almirante Padilla 4 built in Germany
Alpino 2
Alvand 4 built in Britain for the Iranian Navy
Álvaro de Bazán 5
Amiral Petre Barbuneanu 4
Andrés Bonifacio 4 modified ex-US Casco class, all decommissioned
Anzac 10 MEKO 200 design, built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia
Aradu 1 MEKO 360 design
Artigliere 4
Asahi 2 ex-US Cannon class
Aung Zeya 1 built in Myanmar
Azopardo 2

B

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Baden-Württemberg 4
Baleares 5 modified Knox class
Bangabandhu 1 modified Ulsan class
Baptista de Andrade 4
Barbaros 4 MEKO 200 design
Barroso 1
Bay 21
Bditelny 19 see Burevestnik class
Beograd 2
Bergamini 4
Berk 2
Bessmennyy 10
Bhumibol Adulyadej 1
Brahmaputra 3 built by GRSE; Indian Navy: 2000–present
Brandenburg 4
Bravo 2
Bremen 8
Bronstein 2 FF 1963
Brooke 6 FFG 1966 to 1968
Bung Tomo 3
Burevestnik 40

C

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Canterbury (Leander) 2
Captain 78 US built destroyer escorts
Cassard 2
Centauro 4
Chao Phraya 4 Chinese Jianghu III class
Chengdu 4
Cheng Kung 8
Chi Yang 8 ex-US Knox class
Chien Yang 12
Chikugo 11
Claud Jones 4
Commandant Rivière 9 French built, decommissioned 3 ships sold to Uruguay
Condell 4 British built Leander class
Constellation 20 (planned)
Contre-Amiral Eustatiu Sebastian 2

D

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D'Estienne d'Orves 17
Daegu 8
Damyat 2 ex-US Knox class
Dat Assawari 1 Vosper Mk 7 design
Datu Kalantiaw 3 ex-US Cannon class
De Zeven Provinciën 4
Dealey 13
Dewantara 2 training ship

E

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El Fateh 1 ex-British destroyer Zenith
Elli 10 ex-Dutch Kortenaer class
Eloy Alfaro 2 ex-British Leander class
Eolo 2
Erradii 2 MEKO 200 design
Espora 6 MEKO 140 design

F

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Fatahillah 3
Floréal 6
Formidable 6
FREMM 4 twenty-seven planned
Fridtjof Nansen 5 derivative of Álvaro de Bazán class

G

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Gabya 8 ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class
Garcia 11 10 FF and 1 AGFF ship, 1964–1968
General K. Pulaski 2 ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class
Georges Leygues 7
Gepard 6
Godavari 3 built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1983–present
Good Hope 3 derivative of D'Estienne d'Orves class
Greenhalgh 4 ex-UK Broadsword class (Batch 1)
Gregorio del Pilar 3 ex-US Hamilton class
Gremyashchiy 1

H

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Halifax 12
Hamilton 12
Hang Tuah 1
Horizon 4
Hydra 4 MEKO 200 design

I

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Ikazuchi 2
Incheon 6
Inhauma 4
Ipiros 1 ex-US Knox class; two others decommissioned
Ishikari 1
Isuzu 4
Iver Huitfeldt 3

J

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Jacob van Heemskerck 2 1986
João Belo 3
João Coutinho 6
Jose Rizal 2
Jupiter 2

K

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Kang Ding 6
Karel Doorman 8 1991–1995
Kasturi 2
Knox 46 46 FF, 1969–1974
Kola 8
Köln 6
Koni 14
Kotor 2
Kortenaer 12 1978–1983
Krivak 40 See Burevestnik class.
Kyan Sittha 2

L

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La Fayette 5
Le Corse 4
Le Normand 14
Leander 44
Legend 9
Legkiy 2
Lekiu 2
Loch 32
Lupo 4

M

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Maestrale 8
Maharaja Lela 2 + 4
Makut Rajakumarn 1
Mărășești 1
Mariscal Sucre 6
Martadinata 2 Sigma-class design
Marte 2
Martha Khristina Tiyahahu 3 ex-UK Tribal class, all decommissioned
Meliton Carvajal 4 Italian-built Lupo class
Mirka 18
Mohammed V 2 Floréal class
Mogami 3
Moudge 5 Iranian built
Mubarak 4 ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class

N

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Najim al Zafir 2 Chinese Jianghu III class
Najin 2
Naresuan 2
Neustrashimyy 2
Nilgiri 6 built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1972–2010
Niterói 7

O

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Obuma 1
Oliver Hazard Perry 26 2 with the Polish Navy (as General K. Pulaski class), 4 with the Egyptian Navy (as Mubarak class), 1 with the Royal Bahrain Naval Forces, 8 with the Turkish Navy (as Gabya class), 1 with Pakistan Navy (as Alamgir class) and 10 with the United States Navy
Oslo 5

P

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Para 4
Peder Skram 2
Petya 54
Pham Ngu Lao 1 former seaplane tender
Phutthayotfa Chulalok 2 ex-US Knox class
Pizarro 8
Prestonian 21 modified River class

R

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Rahmat 1 decommissioned 2004 and retired
Reformador 1 Sigma-class design
Regele Ferdinand 2 ex-UK Type 22 frigate
Riga 69
Rio Damuji 2
River 6
Roofdier 6

S

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Sachsen 3
Samadikun 4 ex-US Claud Jones-class destroyer escort
Santa María 6 Spanish subclass of US Oliver Hazard Perry class
SF3000 (2) two planned
Shivalik 3 built by MDL; Indian Navy: 2010–present
Soho 1
Suffren 2
Sultan Moulay Ismail 2 Sigma-class design

T

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Talwar 6 Indian Navy: 2003–present
Tarik Ben Ziyad 1 Sigma-class design
Tariq 1 ex-British sloop Whimbrel
Tariq 6 ex-UK Amazon class
Thaon di Revel 3
Thetis 4
Tourville 3
Tromp 2 1975–1976
Tughril 2
Type 053H (Jianghu I) 14
Type 053H1 (Jianghu II) 9
Type 053H2 (Jianghu III) 3
Type 053H1Q (Jianghu IV) 1
Type 053H1G (Jianghu V) 6
Type 053K (Jiangdong) 2
Type 053H2G (Jiangwei I) 4
Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II) 10
Type 054 (Jiangkai I) 2
Type 054A (Jiangkai II) 30
Type 12 Whitby 8
Type 12M Rothesay 21
Type 12I Leander 26
Type 12I Canterbury 2 New Zealand variant of Leander class
Type 14 Blackwood 15
Type 15 23 converted War Emergency Programme destroyers
Type 16 10 converted War Emergency Programme destroyers
Type 21 Amazon 8
Type 22 Broadsword (Batch 1) 4
Type 22 Boxer (Batch 2) 6
Type 22 Cornwall (Batch 3) 4
Type 23 Duke 16
Type 41 Leopard 7
Type 61 Salisbury 4
Type 81 Tribal 7

U

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Ulsan 9
Uruguay 3 ex-French Commandant Rivière class

V

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Valour class 4
Van Amstel 6 ex-US Cannon class
Van Speijk 6 1967–1968 modernised Leander class
Vasco da Gama 3 MEKO 200 design
Visby 4

W

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Wakaba 1 modified Tachibana class
Wele Nzas 1
Wielingen 3

Y

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Yavuz 4 MEKO 200 design[1]
Yūbari 2

Z

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Zagreb 2
Zulfiquar 4

Citations

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  1. ^ Saunders, p. 761

Bibliography

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  • Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.