List of frigate classes explained

See also: List of frigate classes by country and List of frigate classes in service. This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically.

Frigate class	width=120px align=center	Number of ships	Notes
A
	2
	6
	1
	6	derivative of
	3
	3
	3
	1
	6	ex-Dutch
	1
Al-Aziz	1	MEKO 200 design, three under construction
	4
	3
	4	ex-US
	4	ex-US
	4	MEKO 360 design
	4	built in Germany
	2
	4	built in Britain for the Iranian Navy
	5
	4
	4	modified ex-US Casco class, all decommissioned
	10	MEKO 200 design, built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia
	1	MEKO 360 design
	4
	2	ex-US
	1	built in Myanmar
	2
B
	4
	5	modified
	1	modified
	4
	4	MEKO 200 design
	1
	21
	19	see Burevestnik class
	2
	4
	2
	10
	1
	3	built by GRSE; Indian Navy: 2000–present
	4
	2
	8
	2	FF 1963
	6	FFG 1966 to 1968
	3
	40
C
	2
	78	US built destroyer escorts
	2
	4
	4	Chinese Jianghu III class
	4
	8
	8	ex-US
	12
	11
	4
	9	French built, decommissioned 3 ships sold to Uruguay
	4	British built Leander class
	20 (planned)
	2
D
	17
	8
	2	ex-US
	1	Vosper Mk 7 design
	3	ex-US
	4
	13
	2	training ship
E
	1	ex-British destroyer Zenith
	10	ex-Dutch
	2	ex-British
	2
	2	MEKO 200 design
	6	MEKO 140 design
F
	3
	6
	6
	4	twenty-seven planned
	5	derivative of
G
Gabya	8	ex-US
	11	10 FF and 1 AGFF ship, 1964–1968
	2	ex-US
	7
	6
	3	built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1983–present
	3	derivative of
	4	ex-UK Broadsword class (Batch 1)
	3	ex-US
	1
H
	12
	12
	1
	4
	4	MEKO 200 design
I
	2
	6
	4
	1	ex-US ; two others decommissioned
	1
	4
	3
J
	2	1986
	3
	6
	2
	2
K
	6
	8	1991–1995
	2
	46	46 FF, 1969–1974
	8
	6
	14
	2
	12	1978–1983
	40	See Burevestnik class.
	2
L
	5
	4
	14
	44
	9
	2
	2
	32
	4
M
	8
		2 + 4
	1
	1
	6
	2	Sigma-class design
	2
	3	ex-UK, all decommissioned
	4	Italian-built
	18
	2
	3
	5	Iranian built
	4	ex-US
N
	2	Chinese Jianghu III class
	2
	2
	2
	6	built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1972–2010
	7
O
	1
	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
	5
P
	4
	2
	54
	1	former seaplane tender
	2	ex-US
	8
	21	modified
R
	1	decommissioned 2004 and retired
	1	Sigma-class design
	2	ex-UK Type 22 frigate
	69
	2
	6
	6
S
	3
	4	ex-US
	6	Spanish subclass of US
	(2)	two planned
	3	built by MDL; Indian Navy: 2010–present
	1
	2
	2	Sigma-class design
T
	6	Indian Navy: 2003–present
	1	Sigma-class design
Tariq	1	ex-British sloop Whimbrel
	6	ex-UK
	3
	4
	3
	2	1975–1976
	2
	14
	9
	3
	1
	6
	2
	4
	10
	2
	30
	8
	21
	26
	2	New Zealand variant of Leander class
	15
Type 15	23	converted War Emergency Programme destroyers
Type 16	10	converted War Emergency Programme destroyers
	8
	4
	6
	4
Type 23 Duke	16
	7
	4
	7
U
	9
	3	ex-French
V
	4
	6	ex-US
	6	1967–1968 modernised
	3	MEKO 200 design
	4
W
	1	modified
	1
	3
Y
	4	MEKO 200 design^[1]
	2
Z
	2
	4

Bibliography

• Book: Saunders . Stephen . Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 . 2004 . Jane's Information Group . Coulsdon, UK . 0-7106-2623-1.

Notes and References

1. Saunders, p. 761