Frigate | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-05

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00:01:59 1 Age of sail
00:02:07 1.1 Origins
00:06:10 1.2 Classic design
00:08:32 1.3 Heavy frigate
00:10:59 1.4 Super-heavy frigates
00:14:24 1.5 Role
00:17:24 2 Age of steam
00:18:08 2.1 Armoured frigate
00:19:06 3 World War II
00:22:56 4 Contemporary
00:23:05 4.1 Guided-missile role
00:26:48 4.2 Other uses
00:27:26 4.3 Anti-submarine role
00:29:29 4.4 Airdefense role
00:30:13 4.5 Further developments
00:32:00 4.6 Littoral combat ship (LCS)
00:33:32 5 Frigates in preservation
00:33:47 5.1 Original sailing frigates
00:34:22 5.2 Replica sailing frigates
00:34:55 5.3 Steam frigates
00:35:26 5.4 Modern frigates
00:37:00 6 See also



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A frigate () is a type of warship, having various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.
In the 17th century, a frigate was any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built". These could be warships carrying their principal batteries of carriage-mounted guns on a single deck or on two decks (with further smaller carriage-mounted guns usually carried on the forecastle and quarterdeck of the vessel). The term was generally used for ships too small to stand in the line of battle, although early line-of-battle ships were frequently referred to as frigates when they were built for speed.
In the 18th century, frigates were full-rigged ships, that is square-rigged on all three masts, they were built for speed and handiness, had a lighter armament than a ship of the line, and were used for patrolling and escort. In the definition adopted by the British Admiralty, they were rated ships of at least 28 guns, carrying their principal armaments upon a single continuous deck – the upper deck – while ships of the line possessed two or more continuous decks bearing batteries of guns.
In the late 19th century (beginning about 1858 with the construction of prototypes by the British and French navies), the armoured frigate was a type of ironclad warship that for a time was the most powerful type of vessel afloat. The term "frigate" was used because such ships still mounted their principal armaments on a single continuous upper deck.
In modern navies, frigates are used to protect other warships and merchant-marine ships, especially as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups, and merchant convoys. Ship classes dubbed "frigates" have also more closely resembled corvettes, destroyers, cruisers and even battleships. Some European navies such as the Dutch, French, German or Spanish ones use the term "frigate" for both their destroyers and frigates. The rank "frigate captain" derives from the name of this type of ship.