# 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)

* 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)

* 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)

* Umar Faruq class - 2 ship (ex-British Salisbury class) (1978–2016)
* Osman class - 1 ship (ex-Chinese 'Jianghu I' class) (1989–2020)
* Bangabandhu class - 1 ship (Ulsan Class) (2001–present)
* Abu Bakr class - 2 ships (Type 053H2 Class Frigate) (2013–present)
* Hamilton class - 2 ships (ex- USCGC Jarvis and USCGC Rush) (2013–present)

## Belgium

* Wielingen class - 4 ships (sold to Bulgaria or decommissioned)

## Brazil

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

## Bulgaria

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

## Canada (Royal Canadian Navy)

* 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)

* 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)

* 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)

* Almirante Padilla class - 4 ships

## Cuba

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

## Denmark (Søværnet)

* 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

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

## Egypt

* 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)

* 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)

* F120 Köln class - 6 ships retired
* F122 Bremen class - 8 ships retired
* 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)

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

## India (Indian Navy)

* Type 14 Blackwood class - 3 decommissioned
* Type 12 Whitby class - 2 decommissioned
* Type 41 Leopard class - 3 decommissioned
* 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
* Project 17B-class frigate - 8 planned

## Indonesia (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut)

* 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

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

## Iraq (Iraqi Navy)

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

## Italy (Marina Militare)

* 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)

* 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)

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

## Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Navy)

* 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

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

## Montenegro

* Kotor class - 2 ships

## Morocco

* Mohammed V class - 2 ships (Floreal class)

## Myanmar (Myanmar Navy)

* 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
* King Thalun - 1 ship

## Netherlands (Koninklijke Marine)

* 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)

* 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)

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

## North Korea

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

## Pakistan (Pak Behria)

* 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)

* Modified Lupo class - 4 ships
* Lupo class - 4 ships

## Philippines (Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas)

* Buckley class - 1 ship (1960-1964) all retired
* Datu Kalantiaw class - 3 ships (1967-2018) all retired
* Edsall class - 1 ship (1976-1988) all retired
* Andrés Bonifacio class - 4 ships (1976-1993) all retired
* Gregorio del Pilar class - 3 ships (2011-present) Patrol Frigate
* Jose Rizal class - 2 ships (2020-present)
* Miguel Malvar class - 2 ships (1 Sea trial-1 to be launch)TBD somewhere on March
* Future Phillippine Horizon 3 frigate|Re-horizon 3 program|3 ships|(HDF-3500 from HHI,Istanbul-class frigate from Turkey,Navantia F110 frigate,ALPHA-5000 Navantia)

## Poland (Marynarka Wojenna)

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

## Portugal Navy (Marinha Portuguesa)

* 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)

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

## Russia/USSR (Voyenno- Morskoy Flot)

* 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)

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

## Singapore (Republic of Singapore Navy)

* Formidable class - 6 ships commissioned 2007-2009

## South Africa (South African Navy)

* 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)

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

## Spain (Armada Española)

* 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)

* 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)

* 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)

* 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)

* Krivak-class frigate — 1 ship (scuttled in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine to prevent capture)

## United Kingdom (Royal Navy)

* 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)

* 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)

* Uruguay class - 3 ships

## Venezuela (Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela)

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

## Vietnam (Vietnamese People's Navy)

* 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

* Koni class - 2 ships
* Kotor class - 2 ships