List of frigate classes in service

Last updated August 30, 2025

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)
Type: Multi-role guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 2,250–2,393 tons
Aircraft: 1 Harbin Z-9 helicopter
Armament: 8 × YJ-83 SSM; 8 × HQ-7 SAM; 4 × dual-37 mm guns; 1 × dual-100 mm gun; 2 × 6-tube ASW rocket launchers; 6 × torpedo launchers; 2 × 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers; 2 × DC racks & launcher
Powerplant: 4 diesel engines; 2 shafts; 22,840 bhp total power
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 4,000 nmi at 18 knots
Ships in class: 14
Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy, Bangladesh Navy, Pakistan Navy (F-22P Zulfiquar class)
Commissioned: 1999
Status: In active service

Zulfiqaur

Type 054 frigate (NATO codename Jiangkai I)

Builders: China (Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai and Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou)
Type: Multi-role guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 3,000–4,300 tons (estimated)
Aircraft: 1 Z-9 or Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
Armament: 2 × 4 YJ-83 (C-803) SSM; 1 × HQ-7 8-cell SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 4 × AK-630 37 mm CIWS; 2 × triple 324mm YU-7 ASW torpedoes; 2 × 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
Status: In active service

Type 054A frigate (NATO codename Jiangkai II)

Builders: China (Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai and Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou)
Type: Multi-role guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 3,600–4,053 tons (estimated)
Aircraft: 1 Z-9 or Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
Armament: 2 × 4 YJ-83 (C-803) SSM; 1 × HQ-16 32-cell VLS SAM; 1 × 76 mm dual-purpose gun; 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS; 2 × triple 324mm YU-7 ASW torpedoes; 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried); 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
Powerplant: 4 Shaanxi/SEMT Pielstick diesels
Speed: 27 knots (estimated)
Ships in class: 31
Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy
Commissioned: January 2008
Status: In active service

Absalon-class frigate

Type: Frigate
Builder: Denmark
Displacement: 4,500 tons
Aircraft: 2 × EH-101 or 2 MH-60R helicopters
Armament: 36 × RIM-162 ESSM SAM, 16 × Harpoon block II SSM, 1 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun, 4 × MU90 Impact torpedoes, 2 × Millennium 35mm CIWS, 7 × 12.7mm HMG
Propulsion: 2 × MTU 8000 M70 diesel engines, Two shafts - 22,300 bhp (16.6 MW)
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h)
Ships in class: 2
Operator: Royal Danish Navy
Commissioned: 19 October 2004
Status: In active service

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
Status: In active service

Almirante Padilla -class Frigate

Type: Frigate
Builder: Germany
Displacement: 2,100 tons
Armament: 8 × SSM-700K C-Stars SSM, 2 × SIMBAD SAM 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal Strales Compact gun 1 × twin Breda 40 mm/70 guns 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes
Propulsion: 2 TB92 diesel engines
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
Ships in class: 4
Operator: Colombian National Navy
Commissioned: 31 October 1983
Status: In active service

Álvaro de Bazán (F100)-class frigate

Builders: Spain (Navantia, 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 20 mm/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 built as destroyer)
Commissioned: 19 September 2002
Status: 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 × 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 × Phalanx CIWS (NZ ships only), 6 × 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
Status: In active service

Artigliere-class patrol frigate

Type: Multi-role frigate
Builder: Italy
Displacement: 2,400 tons
Armament: 8 missiles Teseo Otomat SSM, 16 Sea Sparrow SAMs, OTO Melara 127 mm/54 gun, 2 twin Breda 40 mm/70 AA
Propulsion: 2 gas turbines Fiat/GE LM 2500, 2 Diesel GMT Bl 230.20 M, 2 shafts
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Ships in class: 4
Operator: Marina Militare
Commissioned: 1994
Status: Retired

Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate

Builders: South Korea, Thailand
Type: Guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 3,700 tons
Aircraft: 1 SH-60 Seahawk helicopter
Armament: 1 OTO Melara 76/62 Super Rapid, 2 30mm DS30M Mark 2, 2 M2 Browning .50 caliber, 1 Phalanx CIWS, 8 RGM-84L Block II Harpoon anti-ship missile, 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS
Propulsion: 2 × Diesel engine MTU 16V1163 M94, 1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine
Speed: 33.3 knots
Ships in class: 1
Operator: Royal Thai Navy
Commissioned: 7 January 2019
Status: 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 30 mm, 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
Status: 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 Sea Sparrow SAM; 2 RAM launchers (21 missiles each); 4 Exocet SSM; 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 MLG 27 autocannons; 4 324 mm 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
Status: 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; 2 324 mm 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
Status: Retired

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
Status: Retired

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, 1-2 Goalkeeper CIWS, 2 quadruple Harpoon SSM, 1 Oto Breda 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun, 2 twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes^[1]
Powerplant: 2 Stork Wärtsilä 16V26 diesel engines, 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1a gas turbines, 2shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 4
Operator: Royal Netherlands Navy
Commissioned: 26 April 2002
Status: 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
Status: 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
Status: In active service

FREMM multipurpose frigate (multiple classes)

Builders: France/ Italy
Type: Stealth Multipurpose frigate
Displacement: France 6,000 long tons (6,100 t); Italy 6,700 long tons (6,800 t)
Aircraft: 1 NH90 or 2 SH90 helicopters
Armament: Sylver VLS; MBDA Aster AAW and ASW; Exocet (France) and Teseo/Otomat Mk-2A Anti-ship missiles; MU90 torpedoes; OTO Melara 76 mm guns
Powerplant: CODLOG/CODLAG
Speed: France +27 knots (50 km/h); Italy +30 knots (56 km/h)
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), 1 ship. Bergamini-class (purchased from Italy), 2 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
Ships in class: 5
Operator: Royal Norwegian Navy
Commissioned: 5 April 2006
Status: In active service

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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 machine guns; 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
Status: 1 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 in the CF)
Displacement: 4,770 tons
Aircraft: 1 × CH-148 Cyclone helicopter
Armament: 8 × MK 141 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM; 16 × Sea Sparrow SAM/SSM; 1 × Bofors SAK 57 mm; 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Block 1); 8 × M2 Machine Guns; 4 × 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
Operator: Royal Canadian Navy
Commissioned: 29 June 1992
Status: In active service

Hamilton–class cutter

Builders: United States
Type: High Endurance Cutter
Displacement: 3,250 metric tons
Armament:
- 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm gun
- 2 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems
- 1 × Phalanx CIWS
- 6 × .50 cal machine guns
Speed: 29 knots
Ships in class: 12
Operators: United States Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, Nigerian Navy, Bangladesh Navy, Vietnam Coast Guard, Sri Lanka Navy
Commissioned: 27 September 1971
Status: In active service

Hydra-class frigate

Builders: Germany, Greece
Type: Multi-purpose frigate
Displacement: 3,360 tons
Armament: 16 ESSM SAM; 8 Harpoon AShM; 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
Status: In active service

Incheon-class frigate

Builders: South Korea
Type: Coastal defense frigate
Displacement: 2,800 tons
Armament: 1 Mk 45 Mod 4 127mm gun, 1 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 1 RAM block 1, 16 SSM-700K Haeseong missiles, 2 triple torpedo tubes
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 TCG İstanbul

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
Speed: Economy: 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph), Maximum: 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range: 5.700 nmi (10.556 km; 6.559 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Ships in class: 4 (Planned:8, Building:3, Completed:1, Active:1)
Aircraft carried: Hangar and platform for: S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopter, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
Operator: Turkish Navy
Commissioned: 2024–present
Status: In active service



Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

Builders: Denmark (Odense Staalskibsværft)
Type: Air Defense Frigate
Displacement: 6,645 tons
Aircraft: 1 × Westland Lynx Mk 90B (or, from 2017, 1 × Seahawk MH-60R)
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]
Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce (Spey 1A) gas turbines (33.800 pk total), 2* Stork-Werkspoor diesel engines (9.790 pk total)
Speed: 29 knots
Ships in class: 8
Operators: Royal Netherlands Navy, Belgian Navy, Chilean Navy, Portuguese Navy
Commissioned: 31 May 1991
Status: In active service

Kasturi-class frigate

Builders: Germany (Blohm + Voss in Kiel)
Type: Light frigate
Displacement: 1,850 tons
Armament: 1 × Creusot Loire Compact 100 mm/55 DP gun, 1 × Bofors 57 mm/70 DP gun, 2 dual 30 mm Emerlec Mk 74 twin mountings AA gun, MANPADs SAM, 8 × MBDA Exocet MM40-Block 2, 1 × Bofors 375 mm twin barrel ASW
Powerplant: 4 × 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
Status: In active service

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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
Status: Some in active service

Koni (Project 1159)-class frigate

Builders: Soviet Union (Zelenodolsk Shipyard in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan)
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: Bulgarian Navy, Algerian National Navy, Cuban Revolutionary Navy, Libyan Navy,
Commissioned: 1976
Status: 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 × 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
Commissioned: 1995
Status: 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, 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: 4 × diesels driving 2 shafts, 16,000 bhp
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 2
Operator: Royal Malaysian Navy
Commissioned: December 1994
Status: 2 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 Navy of Venezuela
Commissioned: 1978
Status: In active service

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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, 1 × 127 mm/54 gun, 4 × 40 mm/70 guns, 2 × 533 mm torpedo launchers, 6 × 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
Status: 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 × 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
Status: 2 in active service, 1 scrapped incomplete

Nilgiri -class frigate

Builders: India (Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers)
Type: Stealth guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 6,670 tons
Aircraft: 1 × HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters
Armament: 4 × 8-cell VLS, for 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles; 1 × 8-cell VLS, for 8 BrahMos anti-ship missiles; 2 × triple-tube torpedo launchers; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 2 × AK-630M CIWS; 2 × OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric LM2500 + 2 × MAN Diesel 12V28/33D STC
Speed: 32 knots
Ships in class: 7
Operator: Indian Navy
Commissioned: 15 January 2025
Status: 3 in active service, 4 launched

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 40 mm/70 AA; 2 x3 torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes; anti-submarine 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
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 Bahraini 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 Tyne cruise turbines, 2 Olympus boost turbines, 2 shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 8
Operators: Pakistan Navy
Commissioned: 11 May 1974
Status: 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: 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 – 8 Royal Navy, 3 Chilean Navy (5 Royal Navy vessels retired/inactive)

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)
Type: Anti-submarine warfare and escort frigate
Displacement: 2,200 tons
Armament: 4 Exocet SSM; 8 Sea Sparrow SAM; 1 × 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: Bulgarian Navy
Commissioned: 1978
Status: 1 stricken in 1993, 3 sold to Bulgaria in 2005 and in active Bulgarian 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 × 76 mm guns; 4 × 30 mm guns; 2 × 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
Status: Withdrawn from service

Sigma-class frigate

Builders: Netherlands (Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding), Indonesia (PT PAL)
Types: Light multi-role frigate, guided-missile frigate, Long Range Patrol Vessel
Displacement: 2,075 tons – 2,575 tons
Armament: Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm (A position) and 2 × 20 mm Denel GI-2 (Licensed copy of GIAT M693/F2) (B position). Anti-air missile: 2 × quad (8) MBDA Mistral TETRAL, forward & aft. Anti-surface missile: 4 × MBDA Exocet MM40 Block II. Torpedoes: 2 × triple B515 launchers for EuroTorp 3A 244S Mode II/MU 90.
Powerplant: 2 × SEMT Pielstick 20PA6B STC rated at 8910 kW each driving a lightweight Geislinger coupling combination BE 72/20/125N + BF 110/50/2H (steel – composite coupling combination); 4 × Caterpillar 3406C TA generator rated at 350 kW each; Caterpillar 3304B emergency generator rated at 105 kW
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 5
Operator: Royal Moroccan Navy, Indonesian Navy, Mexican Navy
Commissioned: 2011
Status: In active service

References

↑ Defensie, Ministerie van (2016-09-20). "Luchtverdedigings- en commandofregat (LCF)". www.defensie.nl.
↑ Defensie, Ministerie van (2018-05-03). "Multipurposefregat (M-fregat)". www.defensie.nl.

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[1] Defensie, Ministerie van (2016-09-20). "Luchtverdedigings- en commandofregat (LCF)". www.defensie.nl.

[2] Defensie, Ministerie van (2018-05-03). "Multipurposefregat (M-fregat)". www.defensie.nl.

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