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 Shanghai )
Type: Patrol frigate
Displacement: 1,800 tons
Armament: 2–8 × C-201 or C-801 SSM; 2 × 100 mm guns; 4–8 × 37 mm guns
Powerplant: 4 MTU diesel engines; 2 shafts; 26,500 hp total power
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 3,500 nmi at 18 knots
Ships in class: 39 total: 14 Jianghu I, 9 Jianghu II, 3 Jianghu III, 1 Jianghu IV, 6 Jianghu V, 6 export version
Operators: People's Liberation Army Navy , Royal Thai Navy , Bangladesh Navy , Egyptian Navy , Myanmar Navy
Commissioned: 1976
Status: Most in active service, 7 retired
Xiangfan
Type 053H3 frigate (NATO codename Jiangwei II)
Type 054 frigate (NATO codename Jiangkai I)
Builders: China (Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai and Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou )
Type: Multi-role guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 3,000–4,300 tons (estimated)
Aircraft: 1 Z-9 or Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
Armament: 2 × 4 YJ-83 (C-803) SSM; 1 × HQ-7 8-cell SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 4 × AK-630 37 mm CIWS ; 2 × triple 324mm YU-7 ASW torpedoes; 2 × rocket launchers, possibly ASW rockets or decoy rockets
Powerplant: 2 French SEMT Pielstick diesels, 21,000 hp, 2 MTU Friedrichshafen 20V 956TB92, 8,840 hp
Speed: 25–30 knots
Ships in class: 2: Ma'anshan (525), Wenzhou (526)
Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy
Commissioned: February 2005
Status: In active service
Yiyang
Type 054A frigate (NATO codename Jiangkai II)
Builders: China (Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai and Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou )
Type: Multi-role guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 3,600–4,053 tons (estimated)
Aircraft: 1 Z-9 or Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
Armament: 2 × 4 YJ-83 (C-803) SSM; 1 × HQ-16 32-cell VLS SAM; 1 × 76 mm dual-purpose gun; 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS ; 2 × triple 324mm YU-7 ASW torpedoes; 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried); 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
Powerplant: 4 Shaanxi/SEMT Pielstick diesels
Speed: 27 knots (estimated)
Ships in class: 31
Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy
Commissioned: January 2008
Status: In active service
Absalon at sea 2019
Absalon -class frigate
JS Abukuma
Abukuma -class destroyer escort
ARC Caldas
Almirante Padilla -class Frigate
Álvaro de Bazán (F-101)
Álvaro de Bazán (F100)-class frigate
Te Mana (Royal New Zealand Navy)
Anzac -class frigate
Type: Frigate
Builder: Tenix for Australia , New Zealand
Displacement: 3,600 tons
Armament: 1 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS, 8 × canister launched Harpoon missiles (Australian ships only), 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, 6 × 324 mm (2 triple) Mk 32 Mod 5 torpedo tubes, 1 × Phalanx CIWS (NZ ships only), 6 × 50 calibre machine guns.
Propulsion: 1 × General Electric LM2500 + gas turbine and 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
Ships in class: 10
Operator: Royal Australian Navy , Royal New Zealand Navy
Commissioned: 18 September 1996
Status: In active service
Bersagliere
Artigliere -class patrol frigate
Type: Multi-role frigate
Builder: Italy
Displacement: 2,400 tons
Armament: 8 missiles Teseo Otomat SSM, 16 Sea Sparrow SAMs, OTO Melara 127 mm/54 gun, 2 twin Breda 40 mm/70 AA
Propulsion: 2 gas turbines Fiat/GE LM 2500, 2 Diesel GMT Bl 230.20 M, 2 shafts
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Ships in class: 4
Operator: Marina Militare
Commissioned: 1994
Status: In active service
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej -class frigate
Brahmaputra
Brahmaputra -class frigate
Builders: India
Type: Guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 3,850 tons
Armament: 16 3M-24E (SS-N-25 Switchblade) SSMs, Barak 1 system, 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun, 1 AK-630 30 mm, 2 triple torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S torpedoes
Propulsion: Two Bhopal turbines, two 550 psi boilers, 2 shafts
Speed: 30+ knots
Ships in class: 3
Operator: Indian Navy
Commissioned: 14 April 2000
Status: In active service
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Brandenburg -class frigate
Builders: Germany
Type: Anti-submarine guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 4,900 tons
Aircraft: 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters
Armament: 1 VLS with 16 cells Sea Sparrow SAM; 2 RAM launchers (21 missiles each); 4 Exocet SSM; 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 MLG 27 autocannons; 4 324 mm torpedo tubes with Mk46 Mod 2 torpedoes
Powerplant: 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 2 shafts
Speed: 29 knots
Ships in class: 4
Operator: German Navy
Commissioned: 1994–1996
Status: In active service
Niedersachsen
Bremen -class frigate
Builders: West Germany
Type: Multi purpose guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 3,680 tons
Aircraft: 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A helicopters
Armament: 16 Sparrow SAM; 2 RAM launchers (21 missiles each); 2 quadruple Harpoon SSM launchers; 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 MLG 27 autocannons; 2 324 mm twin torpedo tubes with Mk46 Mod 2 torpedoes
Powerplant: 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 2 shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 8
Operators: German Navy
Commissioned: 1982–1990
Status: Retired
Cassard
Cassard -class frigate
Builders: France
Type: Air defense guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 4,500 tons
Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
Armament: 40 Tartar SM1 SAM; 12 Sadral SAM; 8 Exocet MM38 SSM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 10 L5 torpedoes
Powerplant: 4 Pielstick diesel engines; 2 shafts; 42,300 bhp total power
Speed: 29 knots
Range: 8,000 nmi at 17 knots
Ships in class: 2
Operator: Marine Nationale
Commissioned: 1988
Status: Retired
De Ruyter
De Zeven Provinciën -class frigate
Builders: Netherlands (Royal Schelde )
Type: Air-defense and command frigate
Displacement: 6,050 tons
Armament: 5 Mk41 VLS with 8 cells each containing 32 ESSM and 32 SM-2 IIIA , 1-2 Goalkeeper CIWS , 2 quadruple Harpoon SSM, 1 Oto Breda 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun, 2 twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes[ 1]
Powerplant: 2 Stork Wärtsilä 16V26 diesel engines, 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1a gas turbines, 2shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 4
Operator: Royal Netherlands Navy
Commissioned: 26 April 2002
Status: In active service
Vendémiaire in Papeete harbor
Floréal -class frigate
Builders: France
Type: Patrol frigate (French designation Fregate de Surveillance )
Displacement: 2,750 tons
Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
Armament: 2 Exocet MM38 SSM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns
Powerplant: 4 Pielstick diesel engines; 2 shafts; 8,800 hp total power
Speed: 20 knots
Range: 10,000 nmi at 15 knots
Ships in class: 8
Operators: Marine Nationale , Royal Moroccan Navy
Commissioned: 1991
Status: In active service
Intrepid
Formidable -class frigate
Italian first FREMM Bergamini
FREMM multipurpose frigate (multiple classes)
Builders: France / Italy
Type: Stealth Multipurpose frigate
Displacement: France 6,000 long tons (6,100 t); Italy 6,700 long tons (6,800 t)
Aircraft: 1 NH90 or 2 SH90 helicopters
Armament: Sylver VLS; MBDA Aster AAW and ASW; Exocet (France) and Teseo/Otomat Mk-2A Anti-ship missiles; MU90 torpedoes ; OTO Melara 76 mm guns
Powerplant: CODLOG/CODLAG
Speed: France +27 knots (50 km/h); Italy +30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: France 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km), Italy 6,800 nautical miles (13,000 km)
Ships in class: 16
Operators: French Navy : Aquitaine -class , 8 ships Marina Militare : Bergamini -class, 10 ships Egyptian Navy : Aquitaine -class (purchased from France), 3 ships Royal Moroccan Navy : Mohammed VI (single ship class) United States Navy : Constellation -class , 15 ships planned
Commissioned: 2012–present
Status: In active service
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen -class frigate
Builders: Spain (Navantia in Ferrol )
Type: ASW/multirole frigate
Displacement: 5,121 tons
Aircraft: 1 NHI NH90 helicopter
Armament: Mk41 VLS 32 × ESSM ; 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSM; 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara (SR) gun; 4 machine guns; Depth charge; 4 × 12.75-inch torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes
Powerplant: 2 Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines
Speed: 26+ knots; One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine+2 Diesel 4.5 MW each; 2 shafts
Ships in class: 5
Operator: Royal Norwegian Navy
Commissioned: 5 April 2006
Status: In active service
Lamotte-Picquet
Georges Leygues (Type F70)-class frigate
Builders: France
Type: Anti-submarine warfare guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 4,500 tons
Aircraft: 2 Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters
Armament: 4 Exocet MM38 SSM; 26 Crotale SAM; 4 Mistral SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 machine guns; 10 L5 torpedoes
Powerplant: CODOG arrangement; 2 Pielstick diesel engines plus 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines; 2 shafts; 52,000 hp total power
Speed: 30 knots
Range: 10,000 nmi at 15 knots
Ships in class: 7
Operator: Marine Nationale
Commissioned: 1979
Status: 1 In active service
Regina
Halifax -class frigate
Builders: Canada (Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB & MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, QC)
Type: Large multi-role guided-missile frigate with helicopter (Designated multi-role patrol frigate in the CF)
Displacement: 4,770 tons
Aircraft: 1 × CH-148 Cyclone helicopter
Armament: 8 × MK 141 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM; 16 × Sea Sparrow SAM/SSM; 1 × Bofors SAK 57 mm; 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Block 1); 8 × M2 Machine Guns ; 4 × MK 32 torpedo launchers
Powerplant: CODOG – 2 shafts: 2 turbines (47,500 shp), 1 diesel (8,800 shp)
Speed: 29+ knots
Ships in class: 12
Operator: Royal Canadian Navy
Commissioned: 29 June 1992
Status: In active service
Chase
Hamilton –class cutter
Psara
Hydra -class frigate
Builders: Germany , Greece
Type: Multi-purpose frigate
Displacement: 3,360 tons
Armament: 16 ESSM SAM; 8 Harpoon AShM; 1 × Mk 42 5 inch gun; 2 Phalanx CIWS ; 2 triple torpedo tubes
Powerplant: CODOG , 2 shafts
Speed: 31 knots
Ships in class: 4
Operator: Hellenic Navy
Commissioned: 1992
Status: In active service
Incheon
Incheon -class frigate
Builders: South Korea
Type: Coastal defense frigate
Displacement: 2,800 tons
Armament: 1 Mk 45 Mod 4 127mm gun, 1 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 1 RAM block 1, 16 SSM-700K Haeseong missiles, 2 triple torpedo tubes
Powerplant: CODOG 2 General Electric LM-2500 Gas turbine, 2 MTU 1163 TB83 diesel engine
Speed: 30 knots
Range: 8,000 at 18 knots
Ships in class: 6
Operator: Republic of Korea Navy
Commissioned: 17 January 2013
Status: In active service
Istanbul -class frigate TCG İstanbul
Builders: Turkey
Type: Multirole frigate
Displacement: 3100 tons
Armament: Guns:1 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid or MKE National Naval Gun main gun, 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm dual barreled CIWS, 2 × Aselsan STOP 25 mm RCWS Anti-ship missiles: 16 × Atmaca anti-ship missiles Vertical launching system: 16-cell MIDLAS Vertical Launching System: Up to 16 SAPAN or SIPER Surface-to-air missile Torpedoes: 2 × 324 mm (13 in) Triple Torpedo launchers with MK-46M5 or Akya Torpedo
Powerplant: 1 x LM2500 Gas turbine, 2 x 5.766HP MTU Diesel Machine
Speed: Economy: 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph), Maximum: 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range: 5.700 nmi (10.556 km; 6.559 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Ships in class: 4 (Planned:8, Building:3, Completed:1, Active:1)
Aircraft carried: Hangar and platform for: S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopter, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
Operator: Turkish Navy
Commissioned: 2024–present
Status: In active service
Iver Huitfeldt -class frigate
Builders: Denmark (Odense Staalskibsværft )
Type: Air Defense Frigate
Displacement: 6,645 tons
Aircraft: 1 × Westland Lynx Mk 90B (or, from 2017, 1 × Seahawk MH-60R )
Armament: 2 × 76 mm OTO Melara guns; 1 × 35 mm CIWS gun; 4 × Mk 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) with up to 32 SM-2 IIIA SAM surface-to-air missiles ;
2 × Mk 56 VLS with up to 24 RIM-162 ESSM SAM surface-to-air missiles ; 8-16 × Harpoon Block II SSM surface-to-surface missiles ; 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers for anti-submarine torpedoes
Powerplant: MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines , 8,2 MW each. Two shafts, CODAD
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 9,300 nautical miles (17,200 km; 10,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 165 officers and sailors
Ships in class: 3 (HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361), HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362) and HDMS Niels Juel (F363))
Operator: Royal Danish Navy
Commissioned: 2012
Status: In active service
Jacob Van Heemskerck (Royal Netherlands Navy)
Jacob van Heemskerck -class frigate
Builders: Netherlands
Type: Anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) frigate
Displacement: 3,750 tons
Armament: Goalkeeper CIWS 30 mm gun system, 2 × 20 mm guns, 4 tubes for Mark 46 torpedo 's (2 quad mounts), 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers (2 quad mounts), 1 × RIM-66 Standard SAM from a Mk 13 Guided Missile Launch System (40 missiles total), 8 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM from a Mk 29 Guided Missile Launch System (8 missile in the launcher and 16 in the magazine)
Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines , 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each & 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines , 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost)
Speed: 30 knots (max)
Ships in class: 2
Operators: Chilean Navy
Commissioned: 15 January 1986
Status: In active service
Van Amstel (Royal Netherlands Navy)
Karel Doorman -class frigate
Kasturi
Kasturi -class frigate
Builders: Germany (Blohm + Voss in Kiel )
Type: Light frigate
Displacement: 1,850 tons
Armament: 1 × Creusot Loire Compact 100 mm/55 DP gun, 1 × Bofors 57 mm/70 DP gun, 2 dual 30 mm Emerlec Mk 74 twin mountings AA gun, MANPADs SAM, 8 × MBDA Exocet MM40-Block 2, 1 × Bofors 375 mm twin barrel ASW
Powerplant: 4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesels, 21.460 hp, 2 shafts
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 2 total:
Operator: Royal Malaysian Navy
Commissioned: 15 August 1984
Status: In active service
Ning Yang (Republic of China Navy)
Knox -class frigate
Koni (Project 1159)-class frigate
Rostock (East German Navy)
Zadornyy
Talwar (Indian Navy)
Krivak (Project 1135 Burevestnik )-class frigate
Builders: Soviet Union / Russia / Ukraine (Severnaya Verf 190 in St. Petersburg ; Yantar Zavod in Kaliningrad ; Zaliv Zavod in Kerch )
Type:
Project 1135 Anti-submarine frigate (Russian designation 'patrol ship')
Project 11351 Border Guard Service of Russia
Project 11356 Frigate
Displacement:
3,575 tons (1135)
3,830 tons (11351)
4,035 tons (11356)
Armament:
4 × SSM; 40 × SS-N-4 SAM; 2 × 100 mm or 4 × 76 mm gun; 2 RPU-6000; 8 × 533 mm torpedoes; 16 mines (1135)
1 х 100 mm gun, 2 х 6 30mm guns, 2 × 4 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 × RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets (11351)
1 × 100 mm gun, two Kashtan CIWS systems, eight-cell VLS for 3M-54E Klub and BrahMos missiles, one 3S-90 launcher for 9M317 (SA-N-12) SAMs, eight Igla-1E (SA-16) SAMs, 1 × RBU-6000 rocket launcher, two twin 533 mm torpedo tubes (11356)
Aircraft: 1 Kamov Ka-27 (11351 and 11356)
Powerplant:
COGAG arrangement; 2 M8K and 2 M62 gas turbines; 2 shafts; 48,000 hp total power (1135)
2 × DS-71 gas turbines and 2 × DT-59 boost turbines, driving two shafts (11356)
Speed:
30 knots (1135)
32 (11356)
Ships in class:
32 (1135)
8 (11351)
4 + 5 laid down (11356)
Operators:
Commissioned:
1970 (1135)
1984 (11351)
2002 (11356)
Status: total 13 in service
Surcouf
La Fayette -class frigate
Builders: France
Type: Patrol frigate
Displacement: 3,280 long tons (3,330 t)
Aircraft: 1 Eurocopter Panther helicopter
Armament: 8 Exocet SSM; 8 Crotale SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm guns
Powerplant: 4 diesel engines; 2 shafts; 17,600 brake horsepower (13,100 kW) total power
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at economical speed, 12 knots (22 km/h)
Ships in class: 14
Operators: Marine Nationale , Royal Saudi Navy , Republic of China Navy
Commissioned: 1995
Status: In active service
Almirante Lynch (Chilean Navy)
Leander -class frigate
Builders: United Kingdom , Australia , Netherlands
Type: General-purpose frigate
Displacement: 2,860 tons (Batch 1 & 2), 3,000 tons (Batch 3)
Armament: Various configurations
Powerplant: 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 25,000 shp
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 46
Operators: Royal Navy , Royal Australian Navy , Royal New Zealand Navy , Indian Navy , Pakistan Navy , Chilean Navy , South African Navy , Ecuadorian Navy , Indonesian Navy
Commissioned: 27 March 1963
Status: 8 in active service, 15 sunk as reefs/targets, 16 scrapped, 7 decommissioned
Bertholf
Legend –class cutter
Lekiu -class frigate
Builders: United Kingdom (Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow )
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 2,270 tons
Armament: 16 Seawolf SHORADS SAM, 8 MM40 Blk II Exocet SSM, 2 × B515 triple 12.75-inch torpedo for launching Whitehead 324 mm tubes, 1 Bofors 57 mm/70 dual-purpose guns, 2 MSI 30 mm AA guns,
Powerplant: 4 × diesels driving 2 shafts, 16,000 bhp
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 2
Operator: Royal Malaysian Navy
Commissioned: December 1994
Status: 2 in active service
Sagittario
Lupo -class frigate
Builders: Italy
Type: Multi-role frigate
Displacement: 2,525 tons
Armament: 8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs, • 8 Sea Sparrows SAMs, 1 OTO Melara 127/54 mm gun, 2 Breda-Bofors twin 40/70 mm guns, 2 Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes
Powerplant: 2 General Electric / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines,2 GMT A230-20 diesel engines,
Speed: 35 knots
Ships in class: 14
Operators: Marina Militare , Peruvian Navy , Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
Commissioned: 1978
Status: In active service
Maestrale
Maestrale - class frigate
Builders: Italy
Type: Multi-role frigate
Displacement: 3,040 tons
Armament: 4 missile launchers Teseo Mk 2, 1 8-cells missile launcher Albatros/Aspide, 1 × 127 mm/54 gun, 4 × 40 mm/70 guns, 2 × 533 mm torpedo launchers, 6 × ASW 324 mm torpedo launchers
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines, 2 D Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM, 2 shafts
Speed: 32–33 knots
Ships in class: 8
Operator: Marina Militare
Commissioned: 1980
Status: In active service
Neustrashimyy
Neustrashimy -class frigate
Constituição
Niterói -class frigate
Builders: United Kingdom , Brazil
Type: Multi-role frigate
Displacement: 3,707 tons
Armament: MM-40 Exocet SSM; ASPIDE SAM; 1 Vickers gun 4.5-inch Mk 8, 2 Bofors SAK 40 mm/70 AA; 2 x3 torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes; anti-submarine rocket launcher
Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines, 4 MTU Diesels
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 6
Operator: Brazilian Navy
Commissioned: 20 November 1976
Status: In active service
Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry -class frigate
Builders: United States (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine , Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle , Washington and San Pedro, California , Spain , in Bazan , Ferrol and Australia , AMECON Williamstown, Victoria
Type: Multi-role guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons
Aviation: 2 SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Armament: 40 Harpoon SSM or SM-1MR SAM; 1 × 76 mm gun; 1 Phalanx CIWS ; 6 torpedo tubes
Powerplant: 2 LM2500 gas turbines; 1 shaft; 41,000 shp total power
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 71
Operators: Chilean Navy , Spanish Navy , Republic of China Navy , Polish Navy , Egyptian Navy , Royal Bahrain Naval Force , Turkish Navy , Pakistan Navy
Commissioned: 17 December 1977
Status: 56 retired (2021)
Hessen
Sachsen -class frigate
Builders: Germany
Type: Air defense guided-missile frigate
Displacement: 5,690 tons
Aircraft: 2 Sea Lynx Mk 88A or 2 NH90 helicopters
Armament: 1 VLS 32 ESSM and 24 SM-2 IIIA SAM, 2 RAM launchers with 21 SAM/CIWS-missiles each, 2 quadruple Harpoon SSM launcher, 1 Otobreda 76 mm dual-purpose gun, 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons, 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes
Powerplant: 2 MTU V20 diesel engines, 1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine, 2 shafts
Speed: 29 knots
Ships in class: 3
Operator: German Navy
Commissioned: 2004–2006
Status: In active service
Sahyadri
Shivalik -class frigate
Builders: India (Mazagon Dock Limited )
Type: Guided-missile stealth frigate
Displacement: 6,200 tons
Aircraft: 2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk 42B helicopters.
Armament: 1 × 3.0-inch Otobreda naval gun; 8 × VLS launched Klub anti-ship cruise missiles or 8 × VLS launched BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles; 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers; 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers; Shtil-1 missile system with 24 short to medium range (30 km) missiles; Barak SAM-launcher CIWS; 2 × AK-630 CIWS
Powerplant: 2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines 2 × GE LM2500+ boost turbines in CODOG configuration
Speed: 32 knots (22 in diesel)
Ships in class: 3
Operator: Indian Navy
Commissioned: 2010
Status: In active service
Vædderen
Thetis -class ocean patrol vessels
Builders: Denmark (StanFlex )
Type: Multi-role ocean patrol vessel
Displacement: 3,500 tons
Aircraft: 1 Lynx helicopter
Armament: 1 × 76 mm gun; 1 × 20 mm gun; 2 depth charge racks; modular additional weapon options
Powerplant: 3 diesel engines; 1 shaft; 6,366 hp total power
Speed: 21 knots
Ships in class: 4
Operator: Royal Danish Navy
Commissioned: 1991
Status: In active service
Note: Also known as StanFlex 3000 or IS86 class
Shahjahan (Pakistani Navy)
Type 21 frigate
Builders: United Kingdom
Type: General-purpose frigate
Displacement: 2,860 tons
Armament: (Pakistani modifications) 1 × 4.5 in Vickers Mark 8 gun; 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon; Harpoon SSM; LY-60N SAM; 2 × 12.75" 3-tube STWS-1 torpedo tubes
Powerplant: 2 Tyne cruise turbines, 2 Olympus boost turbines, 2 shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Ships in class: 8
Operators: Pakistan Navy
Commissioned: 11 May 1974
Status: 6 In active service, 2 sunk
Chatham
Type 22 frigate
Builders: United Kingdom
Type: Anti-submarine frigate
Displacement: Batch 1: 4,400 tons; Batch 2: 4,800 tons; Batch 3: 4,900 tons
Armament: (Batch 3) 2 quadruple Harpoon launchers, 2 GWS 25 Mod 3 Seawolf anti-missile missile systems, 4.5 in (110 mm) gun, 2 20 mm guns (after refit), Goalkeeper CIWS , 2 triple torpedo tubes
Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines and 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A cruise gas turbines
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Ships in class: 14 total: 4 Batch I, 6 Batch II, 4 Batch 3
Operators: Brazilian Navy , Chilean Navy , Romanian Naval Forces
Commissioned: 2 May 1979
Status: 6 in active service, 8 disposed (2 sunk as targets, 6 scrapped)
Somerset
Type 23 frigate
Builders: United Kingdom
Type: Multi-role frigate
Displacement: 4,900 tons
Armament: 2 × quadruple Harpoon, 32 × Sea Wolf SAM, 1 × 114 mm Vickers Mark 8 gun, 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns, 4 × fixed torpedo tubes, Marconi Sting Ray NATO Seagnat, Type 182 and DLF3 countermeasures launchers
Propulsion: CODLAG , 2 × Rolls-Royce gas turbines, 4 × diesel engines, 2 × GEC electric motors
Speed: 28 knots
Ships in class: 16
Operators: Royal Navy , Chilean Navy
Commissioned: 1 June 1990
Status: In active service – 13 Royal Navy , 3 Chilean Navy
Kyongbuk
Ulsan -class frigate
Builders: South Korea
Type: Multi-purpose frigate
Displacement: 2,350 tons
Armament: 2 OTO Mellara (76mm)/62 compact, 4 Emerson Electric 30 mm (951–955), 3 Breda 40 mm/70(956–961), 8 RGM-84D Harpoon SSM, 1 Raytheon VLS – Mk 48 Mod 2, 5 triple torpedo tubes
Powerplant: CODOG 2 General Electric LM-2500 Diesel Engine, 2 MTU 538 TB 82
Speed: 34 knots
Range: 8,000 at 16 knots
Ships in class: 9 (3 in final weapons fitment)
Operators: Republic of Korea Navy , Bangladesh Navy
Commissioned: 1 January 1984
Status: In active service
Mendi
Valour (MEKO A-200)-class frigate
Builders: Germany (Blohm + Voss in Hamburg )
Type: Air defense frigate
Displacement: 3,700 tons
Aircraft: 1 SuperLynx helicopter
Armament: 8 Exocet MM40 SSM; 16 Umkhonto SAM; 1 × 76 mm gun; 2 × 35 mm guns; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 torpedo tubes
Powerplant: CODAG WARP arrangement; 1 LM2500 gas turbine, 2 MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesels, 1 LIPS LJ210E waterjet; 42,922 hp total power
Speed: 27 knots
Range: 8,000 at 16 knots
Ships in class: 4
Operator: South African Navy
Commissioned: 2006
Status: In active service
Álvares Cabral
Vasco da Gama -class frigate
Westdiep
Wielingen -class frigate
Builders: Belgium (Boel in Temse and Cockerill in Antwerp )
Type: Anti-submarine warfare and escort frigate
Displacement: 2,200 tons
Armament: 4 Exocet SSM; 8 Sea Sparrow SAM; 1 × 100 mm gun; 6 anti-submarine rockets; 2 L5 torpedo tubes
Powerplant: CODOG arrangement; 2 Cockerill diesel engines; 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbine
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Ships in class: 4
Operators: Bulgarian Navy
Commissioned: 1978
Status: 1 stricken in 1993, 3 sold to Bulgaria in 2005 and in active Bulgarian service
Zagreb/Kotor -class frigate
Sigma 10514-class frigate (KRI Martadinata )
Sigma -class frigate