Frigate

Parent Type: Surface Combatants

Quick Facts

Era: 17th Century–Present
Role: Escort and patrol warship
Notable For: Versatility and escort duties

Frigates have served the Royal Navy in many forms across centuries

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Classes in this Type Tree

Other / Unspecified (2)

Cold War (10)

Leander-class frigate – 26 built
Rothesay-class frigate – 9 built
Type 12 frigate – 23 built
Type 14 frigate – 12 built
Type 21 frigate – 8 built
Type 22 frigate – 14 built
Type 41 frigate – 4 built
Type 61 frigate – 4 built
Type 81 frigate – 7 built
Whitby-class frigate – 6 built

Modern (3)

Type 23 frigate – 16 built
Type 26 frigate – 8 built
Type 31 frigate – 5 built

WWII (1)

Loch-class frigate – 28 built

Ships in this Type Tree

Decommissioned (26)

HMS Leander (F109) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Amazon (F169) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Active (F171) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Argyll (F231) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Argyll (F231) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Cleopatra (F28) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Indefatigable (1784) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Phoebe (1795) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Surprise (1796) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Acasta (1797) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Amphion (1798) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Euryalus (1803) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Shannon (1806) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Doris (1807) – Leda-class frigate
HMS Ambuscade (F172) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Arrow (F173) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Alacrity (F174) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Avenger (F185) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Broadsword (F88) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Brilliant (F90) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Boxer (F92) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Beaver (F93) – Type 22 frigate
HMS London (F95) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Sheffield (F96) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Coventry (F98) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Cornwall (F99) – Type 22 frigate

In service (6)

Lost (4)

HMS Pandora (1779) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Sirius (1786) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Guerriere (1799) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Antelope (F170) – Type 21 frigate

Preserved (2)

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