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See also: List of naval ship classes in service
The list of frigate classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
Type 053H, 053H1, 053H2, 053H1Q, 053H1G frigate (NATO codename Jianghu I, II, III, IV, V)
Builders: 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: 39 total: 14 Jianghu I, 9 Jianghu II, 3 Jianghu III, 1 Jianghu IV, 6 Jianghu V, 6 export version
Operators: People's Liberation Army Navy, Royal Thai Navy, Bangladesh Navy, Egyptian Navy, Myanmar Navy
Commissioned: 1976
Status: Most in active service, 7 retired
Type 053H3 frigate (NATO codename Jiangwei II)
Builders: China (Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai and Huangpo Shipyard in Guangzhou)
Range: France 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km), Italy 6,800 nautical miles (13,000 km)
Ships in class: 16
Operators: French Navy: Aquitaine-class, 8 ships Marina Militare: Bergamini-class, 10 ships Egyptian Navy: Aquitaine-class (purchased from France), 3 ships Royal Moroccan Navy: Mohammed VI (single ship class) United States Navy: Constellation-class, 15 ships planned
Commissioned: 2012–present
Status: 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 × 76 mm OTO Melara(SR) gun; 4 machine guns; Depth charge; 4 × 12.75-inch 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 4.5 MW each; 2 shafts
Powerplant: CODOG 2 General Electric LM-2500 Gas turbine, 2 MTU 1163 TB83 diesel engine
Speed: 30 knots
Range: 8,000 at 18 knots
Ships in class: 6
Operator: Republic of Korea Navy
Commissioned: 17 January 2013
Status: In active service
Istanbul-class frigate
Builders: Turkey
Type: Multirole frigate
Displacement: 3100 tons
Armament: Guns:1 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid or MKE National Naval Gun main gun, 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm dual barreled CIWS, 2 × Aselsan STOP 25 mm RCWS Anti-ship missiles: 16 × Atmaca anti-ship missiles Vertical launching system: 16-cell MIDLAS Vertical Launching System: Up to 16 SAPAN or SIPER Surface-to-air missile Torpedoes: 2 × 324 mm (13 in) Triple Torpedo launchers with MK-46M5 or Akya Torpedo
Powerplant: 1 x LM2500 Gas turbine, 2 x 5.766HP MTU Diesel Machine
Armament: 2 × 76 mm OTO Melara guns; 1 × 35 mm CIWS gun; 4 × Mk 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) with up to 32 SM-2 IIIA SAM surface-to-air missiles;
2 × Mk 56 VLS with up to 24 RIM-162 ESSM SAM surface-to-air missiles; 8-16 × Harpoon Block II SSM surface-to-surface missiles; 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers for anti-submarine torpedoes
Powerplant: MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines, 8,2 MW each. Two shafts, CODAD
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 9,300 nautical miles (17,200 km; 10,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 165 officers and sailors
Ships in class: 3 (HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361), HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362) and HDMS Niels Juel (F363))
Operator: Royal Danish Navy
Commissioned: 2012
Status: In active service
Jacob van Heemskerck-class frigate
Builders: Netherlands
Type: Anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) frigate
Displacement: 3,750 tons
Armament: Goalkeeper CIWS 30 mm gun system, 2 × 20 mm guns, 4 tubes for Mark 46 torpedo's (2 quad mounts), 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers (2 quad mounts), 1 × RIM-66 Standard SAM from a Mk 13 Guided Missile Launch System (40 missiles total), 8 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM from a Mk 29 Guided Missile Launch System (8 missile in the launcher and 16 in the magazine)
Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each & 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost)
Speed: 30 knots (max)
Ships in class: 2
Operators: Chilean Navy
Commissioned: 15 January 1986
Status: In active service
Karel Doorman-class frigate
Builders: Netherlands
Type: Multi-purpose frigate
Displacement: 3,320 tons
Armament: Oto Melara 76 mm gun, Sea Sparrow VLS; Harpoon Missile; Goalkeeper CIWS; Mk 46 Torpedoes[2]
4 × SSM; 40 × SS-N-4 SAM; 2 × 100 mm or 4 × 76 mm gun; 2 RPU-6000; 8 × 533 mm torpedoes; 16 mines (1135)
1 х 100 mm gun, 2 х 6 30mm guns, 2 × 4 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 × RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets (11351)
1 × 100 mm 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 × RBU-6000 rocket launcher, two twin 533 mm 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 : 2 (1135), 2 (11351), 3 (11356)
Ukrainian Navy : 1 (11351), stricken
Indian Navy : 6 (11356)
Commissioned:
1970 (1135)
1984 (11351)
2002 (11356)
Status: total 13 in service
La Fayette-class frigate
Builders: France
Type: 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
Operators: Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Indian Navy, Pakistan Navy, Chilean Navy, South African Navy, Ecuadorian Navy, Indonesian Navy
Commissioned: 27 March 1963
Status: 8 in active service, 15 sunk as reefs/targets, 16 scrapped, 7 decommissioned
Legend–class cutter
Builders: United States (Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula)
Type: National Security Cutter
Displacement: 4,600 tons
Armament:
1 × Bofors 57 mm gun
1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
4 × crew served .50 cal Browning M2 Machine Guns
2 × crew served M240B 7.62 mm machine guns
Designed for, but not with:
Rim-115 Rolling Airframe Missile SeaRAM
Others
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 8 active, 11 total planned
Operator: United States Coast Guard
Commissioned: 4 August 2008
Status: 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 × B515 triple 12.75-inch torpedo for launching Whitehead 324 mm tubes, 1 Bofors 57 mm/70 dual-purpose guns, 2 MSI 30 mm AA guns,
Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines, 4 MTU Diesels
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 6
Operator: Brazilian Navy
Commissioned: 20 November 1976
Status: In active service
Oliver Hazard Perry-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: Chilean Navy, Spanish Navy, Republic of China Navy, Polish Navy, Egyptian Navy, Royal Bahrain Naval Force, Turkish Navy, Pakistan Navy
Commissioned: 17 December 1977
Status: 56 retired (2021)
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
Status: In active service
Shivalik-class frigate
Builders: India (Mazagon Dock Limited)
Type: Guided-missile stealth frigate
Displacement: 6,200 tons
Aircraft: 2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk 42B helicopters.
Armament: 1 × 3.0-inch Otobreda naval gun; 8 × VLS launched Klub anti-ship cruise missiles or 8 × VLS launched BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles; 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers; 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers; Shtil-1 missile system with 24 short to medium range (30 km) missiles; Barak SAM-launcher CIWS; 2 × AK-630 CIWS
Powerplant: 2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines 2 × GE LM2500+ boost turbines in CODOG configuration
Speed: 32 knots (22 in diesel)
Ships in class: 3
Operator: Indian Navy
Commissioned: 2010
Status: In active service
Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels
Builders: Denmark (StanFlex)
Type: Multi-role ocean patrol vessel
Displacement: 3,500 tons
Aircraft: 1 Lynx helicopter
Armament: 1 × 76 mm gun; 1 × 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
Status: 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 × 4.5 in Vickers Mark 8 gun; 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon; Harpoon SSM; LY-60N SAM; 2 × 12.75" 3-tube STWS-1 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: Brazilian Navy, Chilean Navy, Romanian Naval Forces
Commissioned: 2 May 1979
Status: 6 in active service, 8 disposed (2 sunk as targets, 6 scrapped)
Type 23 frigate
Builders: United Kingdom
Type: Multi-role frigate
Displacement: 4,900 tons
Armament: 2 × quadruple Harpoon, 32 × Sea Wolf SAM, 1 × 114 mm Vickers Mark 8 gun, 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns, 4 × fixed torpedo tubes, Marconi Sting Ray NATO Seagnat, Type 182 and DLF3 countermeasures launchers
Propulsion: CODLAG, 2 × Rolls-Royce gas turbines, 4 × diesel engines, 2 × GEC electric motors
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 16
Operators: Royal Navy, Chilean Navy
Commissioned: 1 June 1990
Status: In active service – 13 Royal Navy, 3 Chilean Navy
Ulsan-class frigate
Builders: South Korea
Type: Multi-purpose frigate
Displacement: 2,350 tons
Armament: 2 OTO Mellara (76mm)/62 compact, 4 Emerson Electric 30 mm (951–955), 3 Breda 40 mm/70(956–961), 8 RGM-84D Harpoon SSM, 1 Raytheon VLS – Mk 48 Mod 2, 5 triple torpedo tubes
Powerplant: CODOG 2 General Electric LM-2500 Diesel 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
Status: 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 × 35 mm guns; 2 × 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
Status: 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, 2 × 3 12.75-inch 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
Status: In active service
Wielingen-class frigate
Builders: Belgium (Boel in Temse and Cockerill in Antwerp)
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