Le Normand-class frigate
 The Le Normand class (or E52 Type) was a class of 14 fast frigates (Escorteurs Rapide) built for the French Navy in the late 1950s. They were an immediate follow-on from the earlier Le Corse-class frigate (or E50 Type) frigates and like them were long-range convoy escorts capable of high speed. The first seven ships paid for by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act were ordered in 1952.