Editing List of frigate classes (section)

== A ==
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| {{sclass|Absalon|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 2  ||
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| {{sclass|Abukuma|destroyer escort|5}}        ||align=center| 6  ||
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| {{ship|French frigate|Aconit|F65|2}}         ||align=center| 1  ||
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| {{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 6  || derivative of {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Admiral Gorshkov|frigate|5}}        ||align=center| 3  ||
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| {{sclass|Admiral Grigorovich|frigate|5}}     ||align=center| 3  ||
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| {{sclass|Admiral Pereira da Silva|frigate|5}}||align=center| 3  ||
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| {{ship|EML|Admiral Pitka||2}}                ||align=center| 1  ||
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| {{sclass|Ahmad Yani|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 6  || ex-Dutch {{sclass|Van Speijk|frigate|4}}
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| {{ship|JDS|Akebono|DE-201|2}}                ||align=center| 1  || 
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| [[MEKO 200|''Al-Aziz'']]                     ||align=center| 1  || [[MEKO 200]] design, three under construction
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| {{sclass|Al Madinah|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 4  ||
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| [[Al Riyadh-class frigate|''Al Riyadh'']]    ||align=center| 3  ||
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| {{sclass|Aldebaran|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 4  || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
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| {{sclass|Allende|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 4  || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
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| {{sclass|Almirante Brown|frigate|5}}         ||align=center| 4  || [[MEKO 360]] design
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| {{sclass|Almirante Padilla|frigate|5}}       ||align=center| 4  || built in Germany
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| {{sclass|Alpino|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  ||
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| {{sclass|Alvand|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 4  || built in Britain for the Iranian Navy
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| {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|5}}         ||align=center| 5  ||
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| {{sclass|Amiral Petre Barbuneanu|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4  ||
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| {{sclass|Andrés Bonifacio|frigate|5}}        ||align=center| 4  || modified ex-US ''Casco'' class, all decommissioned
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| {{sclass|Anzac|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 10 || [[MEKO 200]] design, built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia
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| {{ship|NNS|Aradu||2}}                        ||align=center| 1  || [[MEKO 360]] design
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| {{sclass2|Artigliere|frigate|5}}             ||align=center| 4  ||
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| {{sclass|Asahi|destroyer escort|5}}          ||align=center| 2  || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
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| {{sclass|Aung Zeya|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 1  || built in [[Myanmar]]
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| {{sclass|Azopardo|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 2  ||
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