Frigates
- Abukuma class destroyer escort
- Type: Destroyer escort
- Builder: Japan
- Displacement: 2,550 tons
- Armament: 8 Harpoon Missiles SSM, ASROC octuple launcher, 1 Otobreda 76 mm, 1 Phalanx CIWS, 1 375 mm ASW rocket launcher, 2 triple 324 mm Mk 32 ASW torpedo tubes
- Propulsion: 2 Spey SM1A gas turbines, 2 Mitsubishi, 2 shafts
- Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
- Ships in class: 6
- Operator: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Commissioned: 12 December 1989
- Fate: In active service
- Álvaro de Bazán (F100) class frigate
- Builders: Spain (IZAR, in Ferrol)
- Type: Air defense guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 6,250 tons
- Aviation: 1 Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk helicopter
- Armament: 1 × 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun, 2 × CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka gun, 6 × Mk41 8-cell VLS (32 × Standard SM-2 Block IIIA, 64 × RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile), 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon, 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
- Speed: 29+ knots
- Ships in class: 5 + (3 under construction)
- Operator: Spanish Navy, Royal Australian Navy (three under construction)
- Commissioned: 19 September 2002
- Fate: In active service
- Anzac class frigate
- Type: Frigate
- Builder: Tenix for Australia / New Zealand
- Displacement: 3,600 tons
- Armament: 1 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS, 8 x canister launched Harpoon missiles (Australian ships only), 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, 6 × 324 mm (2 triple) Mk 32 Mod 5 torpedo tubes, 1 x Phalanx CIWS (NZ ships only), 6 x 50 calibre machine guns.
- Propulsion: 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines, 2 shafts
- Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
- Ships in class: 10
- Operator: Royal Australian Navy / Royal New Zealand Navy
- Commissioned: 18 September 1996
- Fate: In active service
- Artigliere class Patrol
- Type: Multi-role frigate
- Builder: Italy
- Displacement: 2,400 tons
- Armament: 8 missiles Teseo Otomat SSM, 16 Sea Sparrow SAMs, OTO Melara 127mm/54 gun, 2 twin Breda 40mm/70 AA
- Propulsion: 2 gas turbines Fiat/GE LM 2500, 2 Diesel GMT Bl 230.20 M, 2 shafts
- Speed: {{#if:35|35 knots (65 km/h)
- Ships in class: 4
- Operator: Marina Militare
- Commissioned: 1994
- Fate: In active service
- Brahmaputra class frigate
- Builders: India
- Type: Guided Missile frigate
- Displacement: 3,850 tons
- Armament: 16 3M-24E(SS-N-25 Switchblade) SSMs, Barak 1 system, 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun, 1 AK-630 30mm, 2 triple torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S torpedoes
- Propulsion: Two Bhopal turbines, two 550 psi boilers, 2 shafts
- Speed: 30+ knots
- Ships in class: 3
- Operator: Indian Navy
- Commissioned: 14 April 2000
- Fate: In active service
- Brandenburg class frigate
- Builders: Germany
- Type: Anti-submarine guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 4,900 tons
- Aircraft: 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters
- Armament: 1 VLS with 16 cells Sparrow SAM; 2 RAM launchers (21 missiles each); 4 Exocet SSM; 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 MLG 27 autocannons; 4 324mm torpedo tubes with Mk46 Mod 2 torpedoes
- Powerplant: 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 2 shafts
- Speed: 29 knots
- Ships in class: 4
- Operator: German Navy
- Commissioned: 1994-1996
- Fate: In active service
- Bremen class frigate
- Builders: West Germany
- Type: Multi purpose guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 3,680 tons
- Aircraft: 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters
- Armament: 16 Sparrow SAM; 2 RAM launchers (21 missiles each); 2 quadruple Harpoon SSM launchers; 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 MLG 27 autocannons; 2 324mm twin torpedo tubes with Mk46 Mod 2 torpedoes
- Powerplant: 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 2 shafts
- Speed: 30 knots
- Ships in class: 8
- Operators: German Navy
- Commissioned: 1982-1990
- Fate: In active service
- Cassard class frigate
- Builders: France
- Type: Air defense guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 4,500 tons
- Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
- Armament: 40 Tartar SM1 SAM; 12 Sadral SAM; 8 Exocet MM38 SSM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 10 L5 torpedoes
- Powerplant: 4 Pielstick diesel engines; 2 shafts; 42,300 bhp total power
- Speed: 29 knots
- Range: 8,000 nmi at 17 knots
- Ships in class: 2
- Operator: Marine Nationale
- Commissioned: 1988
- Fate: In active service
- Commandant Rivière class frigate
- Builders: France
- Type: Escort frigate
- Displacement: 2,150 tons
- Armament: 4 Exocet SSMs, 2xl00 mm DP guns, 2x30 mm anti-aircraft guns, 2 triple 550-mm torpedo tubes for L3 anti-submarine homing torpedoes and 1 x305-mm four-barrelled anti-submarine mortar
- Propulsion: 4 SEMT-Pielstick PC12 diesel engines, 2 shafts
- Speed: 25 knots
- Ships in class: 8
- Operators: Marine Nationale, Uruguayan Navy
- Commissioned: 11 November 1958
- Fate: 3 active in Uruguayan service
- De Zeven Provinciën class frigate
- Builders: Netherlands (Royal Schelde)
- Type: Air-defense and command frigate
- Displacement: 6,050 tons
- Armament: 5 Mk41 VLS with 8 cells each containing 32 ESSM and 32 SM-2 IIIA, 2 Goalkeeper CIWS, 2 quadruple Harpoon SSM, # 1 Oto Breda 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun, 2 Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm machine guns, 2 twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes
- Powerplant: 2 Stork Wärtsilä 16V6ST diesel engines, 2 Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines, 2shafts
- Speed: 30 knots
- Ships in class: 4
- Operator: Royal Netherlands Navy
- Commissioned: 26 April 2002
- Fate: In active service
- Floréal class frigate
- Builders: France
- Type: Patrol frigate (French designation Fregate de Surveillance)
- Displacement: 2,750 tons
- Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
- Armament: 2 Exocet MM38 SSM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns
- Powerplant: 4 Pielstick diesel engines; 2 shafts; 8,800 hp total power
- Speed: 20 knots
- Range: 10,000 nmi at 15 knots
- Ships in class: 8
- Operators: Marine Nationale, Royal Moroccan Navy
- Commissioned: 1991
- Fate: In active service
- Formidable class frigate
- Builders: France/ Singapore
- Type: Stealthy patrol frigate
- Displacement: 3,200 long tons (3,300 t)
- Aircraft: 1 Sikorsky S-70B helicopter
- Armament: Harpoon SSM; MBDA Aster SAM; Whitehead Alenia A.224S torpedoes; Otobreda 76 mm gun
- Powerplant: MTU 20V 8000 diesel engines x4 at 8,200 kW each, two shafts
- Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
- Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km)
- Ships in class: 6
- Operator: Republic of Singapore Navy
- Commissioned: 2004
- Fate: In active service
- Fridtjof Nansen class frigate
- Builders: Spain (Navantia in Ferrol)
- Type: ASW/multirole frigate
- Displacement: 5,121 tons
- Aircraft: 1 NHI NH90 helicopter
- Armament: Mk41 VLS 32 × ESSM; 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSM; 1 × 76mm OTO Melara(SR) gun; 4 machine guns; Depth charge; 4 × 12.75" torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes
- Powerplant: 2 Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines
- Speed: 26+ knots; One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine+2 Diesel 4.5MW each; 2 shafts
- Ships in class: 3, 2 in construction
- Operator: Royal Norwegian Navy
- Commissioned: 5 April 2006
- Fate: In active service
- Georges Leygues (Type F70) class frigate
- Builders: France
- Type: Anti-submarine warfare guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 4,500 tons
- Aircraft: 2 Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters
- Armament: 4 Exocet MM38 SSM; 26 Crotale SAM; 4 Mistral SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 machineguns; 10 L5 torpedoes
- Powerplant: CODOG arrangement; 2 Pielstick diesel engines plus 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines; 2 shafts; 52,000 hp total power
- Speed: 30 knots
- Range: 10,000 nmi at 15 knots
- Ships in class: 7
- Operator: Marine Nationale
- Commissioned: 1979
- Fate: In active service
- Godavari class frigate
- Builders: India
- Type: Multi-purpose frigate
- Displacement: 3,600 tons
- Armament: 2 x 57 mm (twin), 8 x 30 mm (4 twins), 4 x SS-N-2D styx SSM, 1 x SA-N-4 Gecko SAM launcher or Trishul, 6 x 324 mm (2 triple) tubes Whitehead A 244S/Indian NST 58 torpedoes
- Powerplant: 2 steam turbines, 15,000 BHP
- Speed: 27 knots
- Ships in class: 3
- Operator: Indian Navy
- Commissioned: 10 December 1991
- Fate: In active service
- Halifax-class frigate
- Builders: Canada (Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB & MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, QC)
- Type: Large multi-role guided missile frigate with helicopter (Designated Multi-role patrol frigate (FFH) in the CF)
- Displacement: 4,770 tons
- Aircraft: 1 x CH-124 Sea King helicopter
- Armament: 8 x MK 141 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM; 16 x Sea Sparrow SAM/SSM; 1 x Bofors SAK 57 mm; 1 x Phalanx CIWS (Block 1); 8 x M2 Machine Guns; 4 x MK 32 torpedo launchers
- Powerplant: CODOG - 2 shafts: 2 turbines (47,500 shp), 1 diesel (8,800 shp)
- Speed: 29+ knots
- Ships in class: 12 total: Halifax, Vancouver, Ville de Québec, Toronto, Regina, Calgary, Montréal, Fredericton, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Ottawa
- Operator: Royal Canadian Navy
- Commissioned: 29 June 1992
- Fate: In active service
- Hydra class frigate
- Builders: Germany, Greece
- Type: Multi-purpose frigate
- Displacement: 3,200 tons
- Armament: 16 seasparrow SAM; 8 Harpoon SSM; 1 × Mk 42 5 inch gun; 2 Phalanx CIWS; 2 triple torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: CODOG, 2 shafts
- Speed: 31 knots
- Ships in class: 4
- Operator: Hellenic Navy
- Commissioned: 1992
- Fate: In active service
- Jianghu (Project 053H) class frigate
- Builders: People's Republic of China (Jiangnan Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai)
- Type: Patrol frigate
- Displacement: 1,800 tons
- Armament: 2-8 C-201 or C-801 SSM; 2 × 100 mm guns; 4-8 × 37 mm guns
- Powerplant: 4 MTU diesel engines; 2 shafts; 26,500 hp total power
- Speed: 28 knots
- Range: 3,500 nmi at 18 knots
- Ships in class: 43 total: 23 Jianghu I, 3 Jianghu II, 7 Jianghu III, 4 Jianghu IV, 6 Jianghu V
- Operators: People's Liberation Army Navy, Royal Thai Navy, Bangladesh Navy, Egyptian Navy
- Commissioned: 1976
- Fate: Most in active service
- Jiangkai (Type 054) class frigate
- Builders: People's Republic of China (Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai and Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou)
- Type: Multi-role guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 3,000-3,900 tons (estimated)
- Aircraft: 1 Z-9 or Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
- Armament: 2 × 4 C-803 SSM; 1 x HQ-7 8-cell SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 4 × AK-630 37 mm CIWS; 2 x triple 324mm YU-7 ASW torpedoes; 2 x rocket launchers, possibly ASW rockets or decoy rockets
- Powerplant: 2 French SEMT Pielstick diesels, 21,000 hp, 2 MTU Friedrichshafen 20V 956TB92, 8,840 hp
- Speed: 25-30 knots
- Ships in class: 2: Ma'anshan (525), Wenzhou (526)
- Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy
- Commissioned: February 2005
- Fate: In active service
- Jiangwei I & II (Type 053H2G and Type 053H3 ) class frigate
- Builders: People's Republic of China (Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai and Huangpo Shipyard in Guangzhou)
- Type: Multi-role guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 2,250 tons
- Aircraft: 1 Z-9 helicopter
- Armament: 8 C-802 SSM; 6 HQ-61 (Jiangwei I) or 8 HQ-7 SAM (Jiangwei II); 1 × dual-100 mm gun; 4 × dual-37 mm guns; 2 RBU-1200
- Powerplant: 2 diesel engines; 2 shafts; 21,460 bhp total power
- Speed: 28 knots
- Range: 4,000 nmi at 18 knots
- Ships in class: 12 plus 2 building
- Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy
- Commissioned: 1991
- Fate: In active service
- Karel Doorman class frigate
- Builders: Netherlands
- Type: Multi-purpose frigate
- Displacement: 3,320 tons
- Armament: Oto Melara 76 mm gun, Oerlikon 20 mm light cannon; Sea Sparrow VLS; Harpoon Missile; Goalkeeper CIWS; Mk. 46 Torpedoes
- Powerplant:
- Speed: 29 knots
- Ships in class: 8
- Operators: Royal Netherlands Navy, Belgian Navy, Chilean Navy, Portuguese Navy
- Commissioned: 31 May 1991
- Fate: In active service
- Kasturi class frigate
- Builders: Germany (Blohm + Voss in Kiel)
- Type: Light frigate
- Displacement: 1,850 tons
- Armament: 1 x Creusot Loire Compact 100mm/55 DP gun, 1 x Bofors 57mm/70 DP gun, 2 dual 30 mm Emerlec Mk74 twin mountings AA gun, MANPADs SAM, 8 x MBDA Exocet MM40-Block 2, 1 x Bofors 375 mm twin barrel ASW
- Powerplant: 4 x MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesels, 21.460 hp, 2 shafts
- Speed: 28 knots
- Ships in class: 2 total:
- Operator: Royal Malaysian Navy
- Commissioned: 15 August 1984
- Fate: In active service
- Knox class frigate
- Builders: United States, Spain
- Type: Anti-submarine frigate
- Displacement: 4,200 tons
- Aviation: 1 helicopter
- Armament: 8 ARSOC; 8 Harpoon SSM; 1 × Mk 42 5 inch/54 caliber gun; 1 Phalanx CIWS; 4 Mk 46 torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: 2 - 1200 psi boilers; 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 35,000 hp
- Speed: 27 knots
- Ships in class: 51
- Operators: Spanish Navy, Republic of China Navy, Mexican Navy, Egyptian Navy, Turkish Navy, Royal Thai Navy
- Commissioned: 12 April 1969
- Fate: Some in active service
- Koni (Project 1159) class frigate
- Builders: Soviet Union (Zelenodolsk Shipyard in Zelenodolsk, Tartarstan)
- Type: Coastal anti-submarine warfare frigate
- Displacement: 1,900 tons
- Armament: 4 Styx SSM; 20 SA-N-4 SAM; 4 × 76 mm; 4 × 30 mm
- Powerplant: CODAG arrangement; 2 diesel engines; 1 gas turbine; 35,000 shp total power
- Speed: 27 knots
- Ships in class: 14 total: 6 Koni I and 8 Koni II
- Operator: Russian Navy, Bulgarian Navy, Algerian National Navy, Cuban Navy, Libyan Navy, Military of Serbia and Montenegro
- Commissioned: 1976
- Fate: Most in active service
- Krivak (Project 1135 Burevestnik) class frigate
- Builders: Soviet Union / Russia / Ukraine (Severnaya Verf 190 in St. Petersburg; Yantar Zavod in Kaliningrad; Zaliv Zavod in Kerch)
- Type:
- Project 1135 Anti-submarine frigate (Russian designation 'patrol ship')
- Project 11351 Border Guard Service of Russia
- Project 11356 Frigate
- Displacement:
- 3,575 tons ( 1135 )
- 3,830 tons ( 11351 )
- 4,035 tons ( 11356 )
- Armament:
- 4 x SSM; 40 x SS-N-4 SAM; 2 × 100 mm or 4 × 76 mm gun; 2 RPU-6000; 8 × 533 mm torpedoes; 16 mines ( 1135 )
- 1 х 100mm gun, 2 х 6 30mm guns, 2 × 4 533mm torpedo tubes, 2 x RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets ( 11351 )
- 1 × 100mm gun, two Kashtan CIWS systems, eight-cell VLS for 3M-54E Klub and BrahMos missiles, one 3S-90 launcher for 9M317 (SA-N-12) SAMs, eight Igla-1E (SA-16) SAMs, 1 x RBU-6000 rocket launcher, two twin 533mm torpedo tubes ( 11356 )
- Aircraft: 1 Kamov Ka-27 ( 11351 and 11356 )
- Powerplant:
- COGAG arrangement; 2 M8K and 2 M62 gas turbines; 2 shafts; 48,000 hp total power ( 1135 )
- 2 × DS-71 gas turbines and 2 × DT-59 boost turbines, driving two shafts ( 11356 )
- Speed:
- 30 knots ( 1135 )
- 32 ( 11356 )
- Ships in class:
- 32 ( 1135 )
- 8 ( 11351 )
- 4 + 5 laid down ( 11356 )
- Operators:
- Russian Navy : 3 ( 1135 ), 7 ( 11351 ), 3 laid down ( 11356 )
- Ukrainian Navy : 1 ( 11351 )
- Indian Navy : 4 + 2 laid down ( 11356 )
- Commissioned:
- 1970 ( 1135 )
- 1984 ( 11351 )
- 2002 ( 11356 )
- Fate: total 15 in service
- La Fayette class frigate
- Builders: France
- Type: Stealthy patrol frigate
- Displacement: 3,280 long tons (3,330 t)
- Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
- Armament: 8 Exocet SSM; 8 Crotale SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns
- Powerplant: 4 diesel engines; 2 shafts; 17,600 brake horsepower (13,100 kW) total power
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
- Range: 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at economical speed, 12 knots (22 km/h)
- Ships in class: 14
- Operators: Marine Nationale, Royal Saudi Navy, Republic of China Navy
- Commissioned: 1995
- Fate: In active service
- Leander class frigate
- Builders: United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands
- Type: General-purpose frigate
- Displacement: 2,860 tons (Batch 1 & 2), 3,000 tons (Batch 3)
- Armament: Various Configurations
- Powerplant: 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 25,000 shp
- Speed: 28 knots
- Ships in class: 46
- Operators: Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Indian Navy, Pakistan Navy, Chilean Navy, South African Navy, Ecuadorian Navy
- Commissioned: 27 March 1963
- Fate: Some in active service
- Lekiu class frigate
- Builders: United Kingdom (Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow)
- Type: Frigate
- Displacement: 2,270 tons
- Armament: 16 Seawolf SHORADS SAM, 8 MM40 Blk II Exocet SSM, 2 x B515 triple 12.75 inch torpedo for launching Whitehead 324mm tubes, 1 Bofors 57mm/70 Dual Purpose Guns, 2 MSI 30 mm AA guns,
- Powerplant: 4 x diesels driving 2 shafts, 16,000 bhp
- Speed: 28 knots
- Ships in class: 2
- Operator: Royal Malaysian Navy
- Commissioned: December 1994
- Fate: In active service
- Lupo class frigate
- Builders: Italy
- Type: Multi-role frigate
- Displacement: 2,525 tons
- Armament: 8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs, • 8 Sea Sparrows SAMs, 1 OTO Melara 127/54 mm gun, 2 Breda-Bofors twin 40/70 mm guns, 2 Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: 2 General Electric / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines,2 GMT A230-20 diesel engines,
- Speed: 35 knots
- Ships in class: 14
- Operators: Marina Militare, Peruvian Navy, Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela
- Commissioned: 1978
- Fate: In active service
- Maestrale class frigate
- Builders: Italy
- Type: Multi-role frigate
- Displacement: 3,040 tons
- Armament: 4 missile launchers Teseo Mk 2, 1 8-cells missile launcher Albatros/Aspide, 1x127/54 mm gun, 4x40/70 mm guns, 2x533 mm torpedo launchers, 6 x ASW 324 mm torpedo launchers
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines, 2 D Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM, 2 shafts
- Speed: 32-33 knots
- Ships in class: 8
- Operator: Marina Militare
- Commissioned: 1980
- Fate: In active service
- Neustrashimy class frigate
- Builders: Russia (Yantar Baltic Shipbuilding in Kaliningrad)
- Type: Anti-submarine warfare frigate
- Displacement: 4,000 tons
- Aircraft: 1 Kamov Ka-27 helicopter
- Armament: 8 Kh-35 Uran SSM; 32 SA-N-9 SAM; 1 x 100 mm gun; 2 CIWS; 6 torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: COGAG arrangement; 4 gas turbines; 2 shafts; 57,000 shp total power
- Speed: 30 knots
- Ships in class: 3
- Operator: Russian Navy
- Commissioned: 1998
- Fate: 2 in active service, 1 scrapped incomplete
- Niterói class frigate
- Builders: United Kingdom, Brazil
- Type: Multi-role frigate
- Displacement: 3,707 tons
- Armament: MM-40 Exocet SSM; ASPIDE SAM; 1 Vickers gun 4.5 inch Mk 8, 2 Bofors SAK 40mm/70 AA; 2 x3 torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes; anti-submarinee rocket launcher
- Powerplant: 2 Rolls Royce Olympus gas turbines, 4 MTU Diesels
- Speed: 30 knots
- Ships in class: 6
- Operator: Brazilian Navy
- Commissioned: 20 November 1976
- Fate: In active service
- Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) class frigate
- Builders: United States (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington and San Pedro, California, Spain, in Bazan, Ferrol and Australia, AMECON Williamstown, Victoria
- Type: Multi-role guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 4,100 tons
- Aviation: 2 SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
- Armament: 40 Harpoon SSM or SM-1MR SAM; 1 × 76 mm gun; 1 Phalanx CIWS; 6 torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: 2 LM2500 gas turbines; 1 shaft; 41,000 shp total power
- Speed: 30 knots
- Ships in class: 71
- Operators: United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Spanish Navy, Republic of China Navy, Polish Navy, Egyptian Navy, Royal Bahraini Navy, Turkish Navy
- Commissioned: 17 December 1977
- Fate: Most in active service
- Sachsen class frigate
- Builders: Germany
- Type: Air defense guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 5,690 tons
- Aircraft: 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters
- Armament: 1 VLS 32 ESSM and 24 SM-2 IIIA SAM, 2 RAM launchers with 21 SAM/CIWS-missiles each, 2 quadruple Harpoon SSM launcher, 1 Otobreda 76 mm dual-purpose gun, 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons, 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes
- Powerplant: 2 MTU V20 diesel engines, 1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine, 2 shafts
- Speed: 29 knots
- Ships in class: 3
- Operator: German Navy
- Commissioned: 2004-2006
- Fate: In active service
- Shivalik Class frigate
- Thetis class ocean patrol vessels
- Builders: Denmark (StanFlex)
- Type: Multi-role ocean patrol vessel
- Displacement: 3,500 tons
- Aircraft: 1 Lynx helicopter
- Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 1 x 20 mm gun; 2 depth charge racks; modular additional weapon options
- Powerplant: 3 diesel engines; 1 shaft; 6,366 hp total power
- Speed: 21 knots
- Ships in class: 4
- Operator: Royal Danish Navy
- Commissioned: 1991
- Fate: In active service
- Note: Also known as StanFlex 3000 or IS86 class
- Type 21 frigate
- Builders: United Kingdom
- Type: General-purpose frigate
- Displacement: 2,860 tons
- Armament: (Pakistani modifications) 1 x 4.5 in Vickers Mark 8 gun; 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon; Harpoon SSM; LY-60N SAM; 2 x 12.75" 3-tube STWS-1 torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: 2 Tyne cruise turbines, 2 Olympus boost turbines, 2 shafts
- Speed: 30 knots
- Ships in class: 8
- Operators: Royal Navy, Pakistan Navy
- Commissioned: 11 May 1974
- Fate: 6 In active service, 2 sunk
- Type 22 frigate
- Builders: United Kingdom
- Type: anti-submarine frigate
- Displacement: Batch 1: 4,400 tons; Batch 2: 4,800 tons; Batch 3: 4,900 tons
- Armament: (Batch 3) 2 quadruple Harpoon launchers, 2 GWS 25 Mod 3 Seawolf anti-missile missile systems, 4.5 in (110 mm) gun, 2 20 mm guns (after refit), Goalkeeper CIWS, 2 triple torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines and 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A cruise gas turbines
- Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
- Ships in class: 14 total: 4 Batch I, 6 Batch II, 4 Batch 3
- Operators: Royal Navy, Brazilian Navy, Chilean Navy, Romanian Naval Forces
- Commissioned: 2 May 1979
- Fate: Most in active service, 3 disposed
- Type 23 frigate
- Builders: United Kingdom
- Type: Multi-role frigate
- Displacement: 4,900 tons
- Armament: 2 x quadruple Harpoon, 32 x Sea Wolf SAM, 1 x 114 mm Vickers Mark 8 gun, 2 x Oerlikon 30 mm guns, 4 x fixed torpedo tubes, Marconi Sting Ray NATO Seagnat, Type 182 and DLF3 countermeasures launchers
- Propulsion: CODLAG, 2 x Rolls-Royce gas turbines, 4 x diesel engines, 2 x GEC electric motors
- Speed: 28 knots
- Ships in class: 16
- Operators: Royal Navy, Chilean Navy
- Commissioned: 1 June 1990
- Fate: In active service
- Ulsan class frigate
- Builders: South Korea
- Type: Multi-purpose frigate
- Displacement: 2,350 tons
- Armament: 2 OTO Mellara(76mm)/62 compact, 4 Emerson Electric 30mm (951-955), 3 Breda 40mm/70(956-961), 8 RGM-84D Harpoon SSM, 1 Raytheon VLS - Mk.48 mod2, 5 triple torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: CODOG 2 General Electric LM-2500 Disel Engine, 2 MTU 538 TB 82
- Speed: 34 knots
- Range: 8,000 at 16 knots
- Ships in class: 9 (3 in final weapons fitment)
- Operators: Republic of Korea Navy, Bangladesh Navy
- Commissioned: 1 January 1984
- Fate: In active service
- Valour (MEKO A-200) class frigate
- Builders: Germany (Blohm + Voss in Hamburg)
- Type: Air defense frigate
- Displacement: 3,700 tons
- Aircraft: 1 SuperLynx helicopter
- Armament: 8 Exocet MM40 SSM; 16 Umkhonto SAM; 1 × 76 mm gun; 2 x 35 mm guns; 2 x 20 mm guns; 4 torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: CODAG WARP arrangement; 1 LM2500 gas turbine, 2 MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesels, 1 LIPS LJ210E waterjet; 42,922 hp total power
- Speed: 27 knots
- Range: 8,000 at 16 knots
- Ships in class: 4
- Operator: South African Navy
- Commissioned: 2006
- Fate: In active service
- Vasco da Gama class frigate
- Builders: Germany
- Type: Multi-role frigate
- Displacement: 3,200 tons
- Armament: 100 mm Mod68 CADAM polyvalent artillery piece, 1 Phalanx CIWS, 2x3 12.75" Mk 32 torpedo tubes, 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon, 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
- Powerplant: 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines
- Speed: 32 knots
- Ships in class: 3
- Operator: Portuguese Navy
- Commissioned: 19 January 1991
- Fate: In active service
- Wielingen class frigate
- Builders: Belgium (Boel in Temse and Cockerill in Antwerp)
- Type: Anti-submarine warfare and escort frigate
- Displacement: 2,200 tons
- Armament: 4 Exocet SSM; 8 Sea Sparrow SAM; 1 x 100 mm gun; 6 anti-submarine rockets; 2 L5 torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: CODOG arrangement; 2 Cockerill diesel engines; 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbine
- Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
- Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
- Ships in class: 4
- Operators: Belgian Navy, Bulgarian Navy
- Commissioned: 1978
- Fate: 3 in active service, 3 sold to Bulgaria in 2005, 1 stricken 1993
- Yūbari class destroyer escort
- Builders: Japan
- Type: Destroyer escort
- Displacement: 1,690 tons
- Armament: 8 Harpoon Missiles SSM, 1 Otobreda 76 mm, 1 375 mm ASW rocket launcher, 2 triple 324 mm Mk 32 ASW torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: 1 Kawaksaki /RR Olympus TM3B gas turbine 24,700 hp (18.4 MW), 1 Mitsubishi/MAN 6DRV diesel; 2 shafts
- Speed: 25 knots
- Ships in class: 2
- Operator: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Commissioned: 18 March 1983
- Fate: In active service
- Zagreb / Kotor class frigate
- Builders: Yugoslavia / Croatia (Uljanik shipyard in Pula and Tito shipyard in Kraljevica)
- Type: Light multi-role frigate (Yugoslav designation 'large patrol ship')
- Displacement: 1,850 tons
- Armament: 4 Styx SSM; 20 SA-N-4 SAM; 2 SA-N-5 SAM; 2 x 76 mm guns; 4 x 30 mm guns; 2 x 20 mm guns; 2 RBU-6000
- Powerplant: 2 diesel engines; 1 gas turbine; 28,600 shp total power
- Speed: 27 knots
- Ships in class: 2
- Operator: Montenegrin Navy
- Commissioned: 1987
- Fate: In active service
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