List of frigate classes

This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically. See also List of frigate classes by country.

Frigate class Number
of ships
Notes

A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

G[edit]

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[edit]

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

I[edit]

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

J[edit]

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

K[edit]

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[edit]

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

M[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Ulsan 9
Uruguay 3 ex-French Commandant Rivière class

V[edit]

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[edit]

Wakaba 1 modified Tachibana class
Wele Nzas 1
Wielingen 3

Y[edit]

Yavuz 4 MEKO 200 design[1]
Yūbari 2

Z[edit]

Zagreb 2
Zulfiquar 4

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Saunders, p. 761

Bibliography[edit]

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