This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically.
| 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 |
22+(24) |
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 |
7+(2) |
|
| 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
Bibliography
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.