List of frigate classes
Frigate class | Number of ships | Notes | |
A | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Fatahillah | 3 | ||
Floréal | 6 | ||
Formidable | 6 | ||
FREMM | 4 | twenty-seven planned | |
Fridtjof Nansen | 5 | derivative of Álvaro de Bazán class | |
G | |||
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 | |||
Halifax | 12 | ||
Hamilton | 12 | ||
Hang Tuah | 1 | ||
Horizon | 4 | ||
Hydra | 4 | MEKO 200 design | |
I | |||
Ikazuchi | 2 | ||
Incheon | 6 | ||
Inhauma | 4 | ||
Ipiros | 1 | ex-US Knox class; two others decommissioned | |
Ishikari | 1 | ||
Isuzu | 4 | ||
Iver Huitfeldt | 3 | ||
J | |||
Jacob van Heemskerck | 2 | 1986 | |
João Belo | 3 | ||
João Coutinho | 6 | ||
Jose Rizal | 2 | ||
Jupiter | 2 | ||
K | |||
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 | |||
La Fayette | 5 | ||
Le Corse | 4 | ||
Le Normand | 14 | ||
Leander | 44 | ||
Legend | 9 | ||
Legkiy | 2 | ||
Lekiu | 2 | ||
Loch | 32 | ||
Lupo | 4 | ||
M | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Ulsan | 9 | ||
Uruguay | 3 | ex-French Commandant Rivière class | |
V | |||
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 | |||
Wakaba | 1 | modified Tachibana class | |
Wele Nzas | 1 | ||
Wielingen | 3 | ||
Y | |||
Yavuz | 4 | MEKO 200 design[1] | |
Yūbari | 2 | ||
Z | |||
Zagreb | 2 | ||
Zulfiquar | 4 |
Citations
- ^ Saunders, p. 761
Bibliography
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.