List of frigate classes by country

The list of frigates by country includes all modern (post–1940) frigates organized by the country of which they were in service.

Argentina (Armada de la República Argentina)[edit]

• Azopardo class - 2 ships (1957-1973)
• Almirante Brown class - 4 ships in service 1983
• Espora class - 6 ships in service 1985

Australia (Royal Australian Navy)[edit]

• River class - 6 ships (all 6 decommissioned)
• Adelaide class - 6 ships (all 6 decommissioned)
• Anzac class - 8 ships built 1993-2004
• Hunter class - 9 ships ordered

Bangladesh (Bangladesh Navy)[edit]

• Bangabandhu class - 1 ship (Ulsan Class)
• Osman class - 1 ship (ex-Chinese 'Jianghu I' class)
• Abu Bakr class - 2 ships (Type 053H2 Class Frigate)
• Umar Faruq class - 2 ship (ex-British Salisbury class) (decommissioned)
• Hamilton class - 2 ships (ex- USCGC Jarvis and USCGC Rush)
• Type-053H class-(4 ships)(2 have been launched and 2 more are on order)

Belgium[edit]

• Wielingen class - 3 ships (sold to Bulgaria)

Brazil[edit]

• Greenhalgh class - 2 ships active (ex-UK Broadsword class (Batch 1))
• Niteroi class - 6 ships built (1975–86)
• Para class - all retired

Bulgaria[edit]

• Koni class - 1 ship (ex-Russian Delfin)
• Wielingen class - 3 ships (in Bulgarian Navy often designated as Drazki (Daring) class)

Canada (Royal Canadian Navy)[edit]

• River class — 60 ships (1943–1947, decommissioned)
  • Prestonian class — 21 ships converted from mothballed River classes (1953–1967, decommissioned)
• Loch class — 3 ships (1944–1945, returned to the UK)
• Halifax class — 12 ships (1992–present)

Chile (Armada de Chile)[edit]

• Type 22 Boxer class (Batch 2) - 1 ship, 2003
• Jacob van Heemskerck class - 2 ships, 2006
• Karel Doorman class - 2/2 ships, 2006, 2007
• Type 23 Duke class — 2/3 ships 2006, 2007, 2008

China (People's Liberation Army Navy)[edit]

• Zuhai class - 1 ship
• Jinan class - 15 ships
• Type 053H/H1 Xiamen (Jianghu I/II) class - 21 ships
• Type 053H2 Huangshi (Jianghu III) class - 3 ships
• Type 053HT-H Siping (Jianghu IV) class - 1 ship
• Type 053H1G Zigong (Jianghu V) class - 6 ships
• Type 053H2G Anqing (Jiangwei) class - 4 ships
• Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II) class - 8 ships
• Type 054 (Jiangkai I) class - 2 ships
• Type 054A (Jiangkai II) class - 22 ships (2 more are fitting out, and another 2 are under construction)

Colombia (Armada Nacional de Colombia)[edit]

• Almirante Padilla class - 4 ships

Cuba[edit]

• Tacoma class - 3 ships
• Koni class - 3 ships
• Rio Damuji class - 2 ships

Denmark (Søværnet)[edit]

• Holger Danske class - 2 ships (ex-Canadian River class)
• Esbern Snare class - 3 ships (ex-British Hunt Type II class)
• Hvidbjørnen-class [da] OPV - 4 ships, classed as ocean patrol frigates.
  • Beskytteren-ocean patrol frigate OPV. (classed as ocean patrol frigates). Later sold to Estonia and renamed EML Admiral Pitka (A230)
• 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

Ecuador[edit]

• Eloy Alfaro class - 2 ships (ex-British Leander class)

Egypt[edit]

• Mubarak class - 4 ships (ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class)
• FREMM Aquitaine class - 1 ship
• FREMM Bergamini class - 2 ships
• MEKO 200 class - 4 ships
• Damyat class - 2 ships (ex-US Knox class)
• Najim al Zafir class - 2 ships (ex-Chinese 'Jianghu' class)
• El Fateh class - 1 ship (ex-British destroyer Zenith)
• Tariq class - 1 ship (ex-British sloop Whimbrel)

France (Marine Nationale)[edit]

• Cassard class - 2 ships decommissioned
• Georges Leygues class - 7 ships decommissioned
• La Fayette class - 5 ships commissioned 1996
• Floreal class - 6 ships
• Commandant Rivière class - 9 ships decommissioned

Germany (Deutsche Marine)[edit]

• F120 Köln class - 6 ships retired
• F122 Bremen class - 8 ships 1980's
• F123 Brandenburg class - 4 ships 1990's
• F124 Sachsen class - 3 newest heavy frigate (replacing destroyers)
• F125 Baden-Württemberg class - 4 ships, in service by 2017 (replacing Bremen class)
• F126 MKS-180 (Mehrzweckkampfschiff 180) - 4 ordered, 2 in option, to enter service by 2028, to replace the F123 Brandenburg-class.
• F127 Future Air Defender - 4 to be ordered and replace the F124 Sachsen-class frigate, to enter service in the 2030s.

Greece (Hellenic Navy)[edit]

• Elli class - 10 ships (ex-Dutch Kortenaer class)
• Hydra class - 4 ships commissioned 1992-98

India (Indian Navy)[edit]

• Nilgiri-class frigate - 6 decommissioned
• Godavari-class frigate - 3 decommissioned
• Brahmaputra-class frigate - 3 active
• Talwar class - 6 active, 4 under construction
• Shivalik-class frigate - 3 active
• Nilgiri-class frigate (2019) - 7 under construction

Indonesia (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut)[edit]

• Riga class – 8 ships, retired 1973-1986
• Samadikun class – 4 ships (ex-US Claud Jones class), retired 2001-2009
• Martha Khristina Tiyahahu class – 3 ships (ex-UK Tribal class), retired 2000
• Ahmad Yani class – 6 ships (ex-Dutch Van Speijk class), 1 ship retired in 2019
• Martadinata class – 2 ships, (modified Sigma class), frigate variant
• Arrowhead 140 frigate – 2 under construction

Iran[edit]

• Alvand class - 3 ships
• Moudge class - 4 ships (2 more under construction)

Iraq (Iraqi Navy)[edit]

• Ibn Khaldoum class - 1 ship, sunk in 2003
• Lupo class - 4 ships planned, seized by Italy

Italy (Marina Militare)[edit]

• Centauro class - 4 ships
• Bergamini class - 4 ships
• Alpino class - 2 ships
• Lupo class - 4 ships
• Maestrale class - 8 ships
• Soldati class - 4 ships, originally built for Iraq
• FREMM Bergamini class - 10

Japan (Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force)[edit]

• Wakaba class - 1 ship decommissioned 1971
• Asahi class - 2 ship all decommissioned 1975
• Akebono class - 1 ship decommissioned 1976
• Ikazuchi class - 2 ships decommissioned 1976 & 1977
• Isuzu class - 4 ships all decommissioned 1991 to 1993
• Chikugo class - 11 ships all decommissioned 1996 to 2003
• Ishikari class - 1 ship decommissioned 2007
• Yūbari class - 2 ships all decommissioned 2010
• Abukuma class - 6 ships commissioned 1989 to 1993
• Mogami class - 4 ships in construction as of September 2021

Libya (Libyan Navy)[edit]

• Dat Assawari 1 ship commissioned 1973 (scrapped)
• Koni class 2 ships (1 in service)

Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Navy)[edit]

• Maharaja Lela - 5 ships (6 planned, 4 building, 1 cancelled)
• Lekiu class - 2 ships
• Hang Tuah class - 1 ship (retired)
• Loch class — 1 ship (retired)
• Rahmat class - 1 ship (retired)

Mexico[edit]

• Allende class - 4 ships (ex-US Knox class)
• Bravo class - 2 ships (ex-US Bronstein class)

Montenegro[edit]

• Kotor class - 2 ships

Morocco[edit]

• Mohammed V class - 2 ships (Floreal class)

Myanmar (Myanmar Navy)[edit]

• River class - 1 ship (ex-UK HMS Fal)
• Mahar Bandoola class - 2 ships (Type 053H1 class)
• Aung Zeya class - 1 ship
• Kyan Sittha - 2 ships

Netherlands (Koninklijke Marine)[edit]

• Van Amstel class - 6 ships, 1954 (former United States Navy Cannon class)
• Van Speijk class - 6 ships, 1967-1968 (modified Leander class)
• Tromp class - 2 ships, 1975–1976
• Kortenaer class - 10 ships, 1978–1983
• Jacob van Heemskerck class - 2 ships, 1986
• Karel Doorman class - 8 ships, 1991–1995
• De Zeven Provinciën class - 4 ships, 2001–2005

New Zealand (Royal New Zealand Navy)[edit]

• Loch class — 6 ships - decommissioned
• Anzac-class frigate - 2 ships - in service since 1997
• Type 12W - 1 ship - decommissioned
• Type 12M - 2 ships - decommissioned
• Type 12L (Leander class) - 4 ships - decommissioned

Norway (Royal Norwegian Navy)[edit]

• Oslo class - 5 ships all decommissioned
• Fridtjof Nansen class, modified version of Álvaro de Bazán class - 5 ships delivered (2011)

North Korea[edit]

• Soho class - 1 ship
• Najin class - 2 ships

Pakistan (Pak Behria)[edit]

• Tariq class - 6 ships (ex-UK Amazon class) - 2 decommissioned
• Zulfiquar class - 4 ships
• Type 054AP/Tughril-class Frigate - 4 ships
• Jinnah class - 4 being built
• Alamgir class - 1 ship (ex-US (Oliver Hazard Perry class))

Peru (Marina de Guerra del Perú)[edit]

• Modified Lupo class - 4 ships
• Lupo class - 4 ships

Philippines (Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas)[edit]

• Buckley class - 1 ship (1960-1964)
• Datu Kalantiaw class - 3 ships (1967-2018)
• Edsall class - 1 ship (1976-1988)
• Andrés Bonifacio class - 4 ships (1976-1993)
• Gregorio del Pilar class - 3 ships (2011-present)
• Jose Rizal class - 2 ships (2020-present)

Poland (Marynarka Wojenna)[edit]

• General K. Pulaski class - 2 ships (ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry class)

Portugal Navy (Marinha Portuguesa)[edit]

• Joao Belo class - 3 ships
• Vasco da Gama class - 3 ships
• Bartolomeu Dias-class frigate - 2 ships
• Admiral Pereira da Silva class - 3 ships

Romania (Forțele Navale Române)[edit]

• Type 22 class - 2 ships
• Mărăşeşti class - 1 ship
• Rear-Admiral Eustațiu Sebastian class - 2 ships

Russia/USSR (Voyenno- Morskoy Flot)[edit]

• Admiral Grigorovich class - 4 ships (6 planned)
• Admiral Gorshkov class - 3 ships (8 planned)
• Neustrashimy class - 2 ships.
• Legky class - 2 ships
• Bessmenny class - 10 ships; possible 4 still active as of 2008
• Bditelny class - 19 ships; possibly 4 still active as of 2008
• Koni class - 1 ship sold to Bulgaria
• Mirka class - 18 ships all decommissioned
• Petya class - 37 ships 8 still active as of 2008; 6 Vietnamese & 2 Syrian.
• Riga class - 68 ships built 1950's sold to various navies
• Kola class - 8 ships all decommissioned
• Gepard class - 2 ship in service

Saudi Arabia (Saudi Navy)[edit]

• Al Riyadh class - 3 ships building ( a version of the La Fayette class)
• Al Madinah class - 4 ships

Singapore (Republic of Singapore Navy)[edit]

• Formidable class - 6 ships commissioned 2007-2009

South Africa (South African Navy)[edit]

• Loch class — 3 ships (no longer in service)
• President class - 3 ships (no longer in service - 1 sunk & 2 scrapped)
• Valour class - 4 ships (also known as MEKO A200SAN)

South Korea (Republic of Korea Navy)[edit]

• "Chungnam"class - 6 ship being built
• Incheon class - 6 ships
• Daegu class - 8 ships
• Ulsan class - 9 ships

Spain (Armada Española)[edit]

• Marte class - 2 ships
• Jupiter class - 2 ships
• Eolo class - 2 ships
• Pizarro class - 8 ships
• Atrevida class - 6 ships
• Baleares class - 5 ships (modified Knox class)
• Santa Maria class - 6 ships (Oliver Hazard Perry class, built in Ferrol, Spain.)
• Álvaro de Bazán class - 5 ships

Republic of China (Taiwan) (Republic of China Navy)[edit]

• Cheng Kung class - 7 ships
• Kang Ding class - 6 ships
• Chi Yang class - 8 ships (ex-US Knox class)
• Chien Yang class - 12 ships

Thailand (Royal Thai Navy)[edit]

• Pin Klao class - 1 ship
• Makut Rajakumarn class - 1 ship
• Chao Phraya class - 2 ships (Type 053HT class)
• Kraburi class - 2 ships (Type 053HT-H class)
• Phutthayotfa Chulalok class - 2 ships (Knox class)
• Naresuan class - 2 ships
• Bhumibol Adulyadej class - 1 ship

Turkey (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri)[edit]

• Gaziantep class - 9 ships (Oliver Hazard Perry class)
• Muavenet class - 8 ships (Knox class)
• Tepe class - 4 ships (Knox class)
• Barbaros class - 2 ships
• Salihreis class - 2 ships (modified Barbaros class)
• Yavuz class - 4 ships
• Berk class - 2 ships

Ukraine (Ukrainian Navy)[edit]

• Krivak-class frigate — 1 ship(Scuttled in 2022 during russia-ukraine war to prevent capture)

United Kingdom (Royal Navy)[edit]

• River class — 151 ships
• Colony class — 21 ships
• Captain class — 78 ships
• Loch class — 24 ships
• Bay class — 21 ships
• Type 15 class— 23 ships
• Type 16 class— 10 ships
• Type 41 Leopard class — 4 ships
• Type 61 Salisbury class — 4 ships
• Type 12 Whitby class — 6 ships
• Type 12I Rothesay class — 9 ships
• Type 14 Blackwood class — 12 ships
• Type 81 Tribal class — 7 ships
• Type 12M Leander class (Batch 1) - 8 ships
• Type 12M Leander class (Batch 2) - 8 ships
• Type 12M broad-beamed Leander class (Batch 3) - 10 ships
• Type 21 Amazon class — 8 ships
• Type-22 Broadsword class (Batch 1) - 4 ships
• Type-22 Boxer class (Batch 2) - 6 ships
• Type-22 Cornwall class (Batch 3) - 4 ships
• Type 23 Duke class — 16 ships

United States (United States Navy)[edit]

• United States class - 6 original frigates of the US Navy 1797 to present (USS Constitution)
• Bronstein class - 2 FF ships 1963 (Transfer to Mexico actual ARM Bravo Class)
• Garcia class - 10 FF ships and 1 AGFF ship 1964 to 1968
• Brooke class - 6 FFG ships 1966 to 1968
• Knox class - 46 FF ships 1969 to 1974
• Oliver Hazard Perry class - 51 FFG ships 1977 to 1989
• Constellation class - 1 ship on order with 20 being planned total

Uruguay (National Navy of Uruguay)[edit]

• Uruguay class - 3 ships

Venezuela (Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela)[edit]

• Mariscal Sucre class - 6 ships (ex-Italian Lupo class)

Vietnam (Vietnamese People's Navy)[edit]

• Phạm Ngũ Lão (HQ-01) - 1 ship (ex-seaplane tender)
• Petya class - 5 ships
• Gepard 3.9 class - 4 ships in service (all delivered)

Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslav Navy[edit]

• Koni class - 2 ships
• Kotor class - 2 ships

See also[edit]

• List of frigate classes
• List of corvette classes

References[edit]