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From the 1950s to 1975, the US Navy had three types of fast task force escorts and one type of convoy escort. The task force escorts were cruisers (hull classification symbols CAG/CLG/CG), frigates or destroyer-leaders (DL/DLG), and destroyers (DD/DDG); the convoy escorts were ocean escorts (DE/DEG), often called destroyer escorts as they retained the designation and number series of the World ...
2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime) HNLMS Kortenaer (F807) ( Dutch : Hr.Ms. Kortenaer ) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1978-97 and today serves as HS Kountouriotis with the Hellenic Navy .
2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime) HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (F809) ( Dutch : Hr.Ms. Van Kinsbergen ) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1980-1995.
HNLMS Bloys van Treslong (F824) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Bloys van Treslong) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1982-2003. She was named after Dutch naval hero Willem Bloys van Treslong, and the ship's radio call sign was "PADG". [1]
The ship was named after Captain Sir Edward Pellew, later Viscount Exmouth. In 1965 Pellew was part of the 2nd Frigate Squadron based at Portland. Her peacetime role was the training of officers and ratings in anti-submarine warfare. Between 1964 and 1965 the ship visited Calais, Kiel, Flushing, Cherbourg and Jersey. She took part in Portsmouth ...
2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime) HNLMS Piet Hein (F811) ( Dutch : Hr.Ms. Piet Hein ) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1981 to 1998.
A frigate (/ ˈ f r ɪ ɡ ɪ t /) is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuverability, intended to be used in scouting, escort and patrol roles. The term was ...
2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime) HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen (F816) ( Dutch : Hr.Ms. Abraham Crijnssen ) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1983 to 1997.