# List of frigate classes

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

## Citations

* ↑ Saunders, p. 761