List of Naval Ship Classes in Service - Frigates

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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