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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. Beihai Type 053H, 053H1, 053H2, 053H1Q, 053H1G frigate (NATO codename Jianghu I, II, III, IV, V) Builders: China (Jiangnan Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard in ...
Beskytteren-ocean patrol frigate OPV. (classed as ocean patrol frigates). Later sold to Estonia and renamed EML Admiral Pitka; Peder Skram class - 2 ships; Thetis-class ocean patrol frigate- - 4 ships; Absalon-class flexible support ship - 2 ships. (Arguably a support ship, armed as a frigate) Iver Huitfeldt class - 3 ships
The Tacoma class was a class of 96 patrol frigates which served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War.Originally classified as gunboats (PG), they were reclassified as patrol frigates (PF) on 15 April 1943.
This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. It includes all of the hull classification symbols FF and FFG. Prior to the 1975 ship reclassification , ships that are now classified as FF or FFG were classified as DE or DEG ( destroyer escort ).
USS Natchez (PG-102/PF-2) was a River-class frigate (known as an Asheville-class patrol frigate in U.S. service) acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II.She was originally ordered and laid down as HMS Annan for the Royal Navy, and renamed as HMCS Annan for the Royal Canadian Navy before transfer to the U.S. Navy before launch.
American frigates were also very heavily armed; the USN's 44s carried 24-pound cannon as opposed to the 18-pounders usual in frigates, and like most ships of the period carried more than their nominal rate, 56 guns or more. On the other hand, the USN classed ships with 20 to 26 guns as "third-class frigates", whereas the Royal Navy did not.
USS Charlottesville (PF-25), a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, has been the only US Navy ship thus far to be named for Charlottesville, Virginia. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-1 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Matsu (PF-6) , JDS Matsu (PF-286) and YAS-36 .
HMS Anguilla (K500) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom in commission from 1943 to 1946 that served during World War II.She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hallowell (PF-72), later renamed USS Machias (PF-72), and was transferred prior to completion.