List of frigate classes
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{{See also|List of frigate classes by country|List of frigate classes in service}}
This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
| Frigate class ||width=120px align=center| Number
of ships
| Notes
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A
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| {{sclass|Absalon|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Abukuma|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{ship|French frigate|Aconit|F65|2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || derivative of {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Admiral Gorshkov|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|Admiral Grigorovich|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|Admiral Pereira da Silva|frigate|5}}||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{ship|EML|Admiral Pitka||2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Ahmad Yani|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || ex-Dutch {{sclass|Van Speijk|frigate|4}}
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| {{ship|JDS|Akebono|DE-201|2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| Al-Aziz ||align=center| 1 || MEKO 200 design, three under construction
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| {{sclass|Al Madinah|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| Al Riyadh ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|Aldebaran|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
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| {{sclass|Allende|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Almirante Brown|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || MEKO 360 design
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| {{sclass|Almirante Padilla|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || built in Germany
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| {{sclass|Alpino|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Alvand|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || built in Britain for the Iranian Navy
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| {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 5 ||
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| {{sclass|Amiral Petre Barbuneanu|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Andrés Bonifacio|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || modified ex-US Casco class, all decommissioned
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| {{sclass|Anzac|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 10 || MEKO 200 design, built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia
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| {{ship|NNS|Aradu||2}} ||align=center| 1 || MEKO 360 design
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| {{sclass2|Artigliere|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Asahi|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 2 || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
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| {{sclass|Aung Zeya|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 1 || built in Myanmar
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| {{sclass|Azopardo|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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B
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| {{sclass|Baden-Württemberg|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Baleares|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 5 || modified {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
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| {{ship|BNS|Bangabandhu||2}} ||align=center| 1 || modified {{sclass|Ulsan|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Baptista de Andrade|corvette|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Barbaros|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || MEKO 200 design
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| {{ship|Brazilian corvette|Barroso|V34|2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass2|Bay|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 21 ||
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| {{sclass|Bditelny|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 19 || see Burevestnik class
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| {{sclass|Beograd|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Bergamini|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Berk|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Bessmennyy|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 10 ||
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| {{sclass|Bhumibol Adulyadej|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Brahmaputra|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || built by GRSE; Indian Navy: 2000–present
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| {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Bravo|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 8 ||
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| {{sclass|Bronstein|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || FF 1963
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| {{sclass|Brooke|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || FFG 1966 to 1968
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| {{sclass|Bung Tomo|corvette|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass2|Burevestnik|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 40 ||
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C
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| Canterbury (Leander) ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass2|Captain|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 78 || US built destroyer escorts
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| {{sclass|Cassard|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Centauro|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Chao Phraya|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || Chinese Jianghu III class
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| {{sclass|Chengdu|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Cheng Kung|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 8 ||
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| {{sclass|Chi Yang|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 8 || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Chien Yang|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 12 ||
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| {{sclass|Chikugo|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 11 ||
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| {{sclass|Claud Jones|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Commandant Rivière|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 9 || French built, decommissioned 3 ships sold to Uruguay
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| {{sclass|Condell|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || British built Leander class
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| {{sclass|Constellation|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 20 (planned) ||
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| {{sclass|Contre-Amiral Eustatiu Sebastian|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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D
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| {{sclass|D'Estienne d'Orves|aviso|5}} ||align=center| 17 ||
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| {{sclass|Daegu|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 8 ||
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| {{sclass|Damyat|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
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| {{ship|Libyan frigate|Dat Assawari||2}} ||align=center| 1 || Vosper Mk 7 design
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| {{sclass|Datu Kalantiaw|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
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| {{sclass|De Zeven Provinciën|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Dealey|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 13 ||
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| {{sclass|Dewantara|corvette|5}} ||align=center| 2 || training ship
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E
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| {{sclass|El Fateh|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 1 || ex-British destroyer Zenith
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| {{sclass|Elli|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 10 || ex-Dutch {{sclass|Kortenaer|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Eloy Alfaro|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || ex-British {{sclass|Leander|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Eolo|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Erradii|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || MEKO 200 design
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| {{sclass|Espora|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || MEKO 140 design
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F
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| {{sclass|Fatahillah|corvette|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|Floréal|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass|Formidable|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| FREMM ||align=center| 4 || twenty-seven planned
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| {{sclass|Fridtjof Nansen|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 5 || derivative of {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|4}}
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G
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| Gabya ||align=center| 8 || ex-US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Garcia|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 11 || 10 FF and 1 AGFF ship, 1964–1968
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| {{sclass|General K. Pulaski|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || ex-US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Georges Leygues|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 7 ||
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| {{sclass2|Gepard|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass|Godavari|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1983–present
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| {{sclass|Good Hope|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || derivative of {{sclass|D'Estienne d'Orves|aviso|4}}
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| {{sclass|Greenhalgh|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || ex-UK Broadsword class (Batch 1)
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| {{sclass|Gregorio del Pilar|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || ex-US {{sclass|Hamilton|cutter|4}}
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| {{sclass|Gremyashchiy|corvette|5}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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H
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| {{sclass|Halifax|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 12 ||
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| {{sclass|Hamilton|cutter|5}} ||align=center| 12 ||
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| {{ship|KD|Hang Tuah||2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass2|Horizon|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Hydra|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || MEKO 200 design
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I
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| {{sclass|Ikazuchi|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Incheon|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass|Inhauma|corvette|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Ipiros|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 1 || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}; two others decommissioned
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| {{ship|JS|Ishikari||2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Isuzu|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Iver Huitfeldt|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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J
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| {{sclass|Jacob van Heemskerck|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || 1986
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| {{sclass|João Belo|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|João Coutinho|corvette|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass|Jose Rizal|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Jupiter|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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K
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| {{sclass|Kang Ding|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass|Karel Doorman|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 8 || 1991–1995
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| {{sclass|Kasturi|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Knox|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 46 || 46 FF, 1969–1974
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| {{sclass2|Kola|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 8 ||
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| {{sclass|Köln|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 14 ||
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| {{sclass|Kotor|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Kortenaer|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 12 || 1978–1983
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| Krivak ||align=center| 40 || See Burevestnik class.
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| {{sclass|Kyan Sittha|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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L
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| {{sclass|La Fayette|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 5 ||
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| {{sclass|Le Corse|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Le Normand|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 14 ||
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| {{sclass|Leander|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 44 ||
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| {{sclass2|Legend|cutter|5}} ||align=center| 9 ||
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| {{sclass|Legkiy|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Lekiu|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass2|Loch|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 32 ||
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| {{sclass|Lupo|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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M
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| {{sclass|Maestrale|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 8 ||
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| {{sclass|Maharaja Lela|frigate|5}} ||align=center| || 2 + 4
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| {{ship|HTMS|Makut Rajakumarn||2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{ship|Romanian frigate|Mărășești||2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Mariscal Sucre|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass|Martadinata|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || Sigma-class design
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| {{sclass|Marte|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Martha Khristina Tiyahahu|frigate|5}}||align=center| 3 || ex-UK {{sclass2|Tribal|frigate|4}}, all decommissioned
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| {{sclass|Meliton Carvajal|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || Italian-built {{sclass|Lupo|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass2|Mirka|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 18 ||
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| {{sclass|Mohammed V|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || {{sclass|Floréal|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Mogami|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|Moudge|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 5 || Iranian built
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| {{sclass|Mubarak|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || ex-US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
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N
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| {{sclass|Najim al Zafir|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || Chinese Jianghu III class
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| {{sclass2|Najin|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Naresuan|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Neustrashimyy|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|5||1972}} ||align=center| 6 || built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1972–2010
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| {{sclass|Niterói|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 7 ||
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O
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| {{ship|NNS|Obuma||2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 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
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| {{sclass|Oslo|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 5 ||
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P
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| {{sclass|Para|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Peder Skram|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass2|Petya|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 54 ||
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| {{sclass|Pham Ngu Lao|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 1 || former seaplane tender
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| {{sclass|Phutthayotfa Chulalok|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Pizarro|gunboat|5}} ||align=center| 8 ||
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| {{sclass|Prestonian|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 21 || modified {{sclass2|River|frigate|4}}
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R
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| {{ship|KD|Rahmat||2}} ||align=center| 1 || decommissioned 2004 and retired
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| {{sclass|Reformador|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 1 || Sigma-class design
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| Regele Ferdinand ||align=center| 2 || ex-UK Type 22 frigate
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| {{sclass2|Riga|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 69 ||
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| {{sclass|Rio Damuji|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass2|River|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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| {{sclass2|Roofdier|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 ||
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S
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| {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| Samadikun ||align=center| 4 ||ex-US {{sclass|Claud Jones|destroyer escort|1}}
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| {{sclass|Santa María|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || Spanish subclass of US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass2|SF3000|frigate|5}} ||align=center| (2) || two planned
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| {{sclass|Shivalik|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || built by MDL; Indian Navy: 2010–present
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| {{sclass2|Soho|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Suffren|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| {{sclass|Sultan Moulay Ismail|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || Sigma-class design
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T
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| {{sclass|Talwar|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || Indian Navy: 2003–present
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| {{ship|Moroccan frigate|Tarik Ben Ziyad||2}} ||align=center| 1 || Sigma-class design
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| Tariq ||align=center| 1 || ex-British sloop Whimbrel
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| {{sclass|Tariq|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || ex-UK {{sclass|Amazon|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Thaon di Revel|offshore patrol vessel|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|Thetis|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Tourville|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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| {{sclass|Tromp|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 || 1975–1976
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| {{sclass|Tughril|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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| Type 053H (Jianghu I) ||align=center| 14 ||
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| Type 053H1 (Jianghu II) ||align=center| 9 ||
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| Type 053H2 (Jianghu III) ||align=center| 3 ||
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| Type 053H1Q (Jianghu IV) ||align=center| 1 ||
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| Type 053H1G (Jianghu V) ||align=center| 6 ||
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| Type 053K (Jiangdong) ||align=center| 2 ||
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| Type 053H2G (Jiangwei I) ||align=center| 4 ||
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| Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II) ||align=center| 10 ||
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| Type 054 (Jiangkai I) ||align=center| 2 ||
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| Type 054A (Jiangkai II) ||align=center| 30 ||
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| Type 12 Whitby ||align=center| 8 ||
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| Type 12M Rothesay ||align=center| 21 ||
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| Type 12I Leander ||align=center| 26 ||
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| Type 12I Canterbury ||align=center| 2 || New Zealand variant of Leander class
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| Type 14 Blackwood ||align=center| 15 ||
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| Type 15 ||align=center| 23 || converted War Emergency Programme destroyers
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| Type 16 ||align=center| 10 || converted War Emergency Programme destroyers
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| Type 21 Amazon ||align=center| 8 ||
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| Type 22 Broadsword (Batch 1) ||align=center| 4 ||
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| Type 22 Boxer (Batch 2) ||align=center| 6 ||
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| Type 22 Cornwall (Batch 3) ||align=center| 4 ||
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| Type 23 Duke ||align=center| 16 ||
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| Type 41 Leopard ||align=center| 7 ||
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| Type 61 Salisbury ||align=center| 4 ||
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| Type 81 Tribal ||align=center| 7 ||
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U
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| {{sclass|Ulsan|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 9 ||
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| {{sclass|Uruguay|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || ex-French {{sclass|Commandant Rivière|frigate|4}}
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V
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| {{sclass|Valour|frigate|4}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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| {{sclass|Van Amstel|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
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| {{sclass|Van Speijk|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 6 || 1967–1968 modernised {{sclass|Leander|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Vasco da Gama|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 || MEKO 200 design
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| {{sclass|Visby|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 ||
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W
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| {{ship|JDS|Wakaba||2}} ||align=center| 1 || modified {{sclass|Tachibana|destroyer|4}}
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| {{ship|Equatoguinean frigate|Wele Nzas||2}} ||align=center| 1 ||
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| {{sclass|Wielingen|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 3 ||
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Y
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| {{sclass|Yavuz|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4 || MEKO 200 designSaunders, p. 761
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| {{sclass|Yūbari|destroyer escort|5}} ||align=center| 2 ||
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Z
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