Editing List of frigate classes

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{{See also|List of frigate classes by country|List of frigate classes in service}}
This '''list of frigate classes''' includes all post–World War II [[frigate]] classes listed alphabetically. 

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| '''Frigate class'''                           ||width=120px align=center| '''Number<br>of ships'''
                                                                    | '''Notes'''
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== A ==
|-
| {{sclass|Absalon|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Abukuma|destroyer escort|5}}        ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{ship|French frigate|Aconit|F65|2}}         ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 6  || derivative of {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Admiral Gorshkov|frigate|5}}        ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Admiral Grigorovich|frigate|5}}     ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Admiral Pereira da Silva|frigate|5}}||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{ship|EML|Admiral Pitka||2}}                ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Ahmad Yani|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 6  || ex-Dutch {{sclass|Van Speijk|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{ship|JDS|Akebono|DE-201|2}}                ||align=center| 1  || 
|-
| [[MEKO 200|''Al-Aziz'']]                     ||align=center| 1  || [[MEKO 200]] design, three under construction
|-
| {{sclass|Al Madinah|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| [[Al Riyadh-class frigate|''Al Riyadh'']]    ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Aldebaran|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 4  || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Allende|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 4  || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Almirante Brown|frigate|5}}         ||align=center| 4  || [[MEKO 360]] design
|-
| {{sclass|Almirante Padilla|frigate|5}}       ||align=center| 4  || built in Germany
|-
| {{sclass|Alpino|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Alvand|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 4  || built in Britain for the Iranian Navy
|-
| {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|5}}         ||align=center| 5  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Amiral Petre Barbuneanu|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Andrés Bonifacio|frigate|5}}        ||align=center| 4  || modified ex-US ''Casco'' class, all decommissioned
|-
| {{sclass|Anzac|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 10 || [[MEKO 200]] design, built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia
|-
| {{ship|NNS|Aradu||2}}                        ||align=center| 1  || [[MEKO 360]] design
|-
| {{sclass2|Artigliere|frigate|5}}             ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Asahi|destroyer escort|5}}          ||align=center| 2  || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Aung Zeya|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 1  || built in [[Myanmar]]
|-
| {{sclass|Azopardo|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 2  ||
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== B ==
|-
| {{sclass|Baden-Württemberg|frigate|5}}       ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Baleares|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 5  || modified {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{ship|BNS|Bangabandhu||2}}                  ||align=center| 1  || modified {{sclass|Ulsan|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Baptista de Andrade|corvette|5}}    ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Barbaros|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 4  || [[MEKO 200]] design
|-
| {{ship|Brazilian corvette|Barroso|V34|2}}    ||align=center| 1  || 
|-
| {{sclass2|Bay|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 21 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Bditelny|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 19 || see Burevestnik class
|-
| {{sclass|Beograd|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Bergamini|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Berk|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Bessmennyy|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 10 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Bhumibol Adulyadej|frigate|5}}      ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Brahmaputra|frigate|5}}             ||align=center| 3 || built by [[GRSE]]; Indian Navy: 2000–present
|-
| {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|5}}             ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Bravo|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 8  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Bronstein|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 2  || FF 1963
|-
| {{sclass|Brooke|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 6  || FFG 1966 to 1968
|-
| {{sclass|Bung Tomo|corvette|5}}              ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Burevestnik|frigate|5}}            ||align=center| 40 ||
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== C ==
|-
| [[Leander-class frigate|''Canterbury'' (''Leander'')]]    ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Captain|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 78 || US built destroyer escorts
|-
| {{sclass|Cassard|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Centauro|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Chao Phraya|frigate|5}}             ||align=center| 4  || Chinese Jianghu III class
|-
| {{sclass|Chengdu|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Cheng Kung|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 8  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Chi Yang|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 8  || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Chien Yang|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 12 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Chikugo|destroyer escort|5}}        ||align=center| 11 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Claud Jones|destroyer escort|5}}    ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Commandant Rivière|frigate|5}}      ||align=center| 9  || French built, decommissioned 3 ships sold to Uruguay
|-
| {{sclass|Condell|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 4  || British built ''Leander'' class
|-
| {{sclass|Constellation|frigate|5}}           ||align=center| 20 (planned) || 
|-
| {{sclass|Contre-Amiral Eustatiu Sebastian|frigate|5}} ||align=center| 2  ||
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== D ==
|-
| {{sclass|D'Estienne d'Orves|aviso|5}}        ||align=center| 17 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Daegu|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 8  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Damyat|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{ship|Libyan frigate|Dat Assawari||2}}      ||align=center| 1  || Vosper Mk 7 design
|-
| {{sclass|Datu Kalantiaw|frigate|5}}          ||align=center| 3  || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|De Zeven Provinciën|frigate|5}}     ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Dealey|destroyer escort|5}}         ||align=center| 13 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Dewantara|corvette|5}}              ||align=center| 2  || training ship
|-
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== E ==
|-
| {{sclass|El Fateh|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 1  || ex-British destroyer ''Zenith''
|-
| {{sclass|Elli|frigate|5}}                     ||align=center| 10 || ex-Dutch {{sclass|Kortenaer|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Eloy Alfaro|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 2  || ex-British {{sclass|Leander|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Eolo|frigate|5}}                     ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Erradii|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  || [[MEKO 200]] design
|-
| {{sclass|Espora|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 6  || [[MEKO 140]] design
|-
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== F ==
|-
| {{sclass|Fatahillah|corvette|5}}              ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Floréal|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Formidable|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| [[FREMM multipurpose frigate|FREMM]]          ||align=center|  4 || twenty-seven planned
|-
| {{sclass|Fridtjof Nansen|frigate|5}}          ||align=center| 5  || derivative of {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|4}}
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== G ==
|-
| [[G-class frigate|''Gabya'']]                 ||align=center| 8  || ex-US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Garcia|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 11 || 10 FF and 1 AGFF ship, 1964–1968
|-
| {{sclass|General K. Pulaski|frigate|5}}       ||align=center| 2  || ex-US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Georges Leygues|frigate|5}}          ||align=center| 7  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Gepard|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Godavari|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 3  || built by [[Mazagon Dock Limited|MDL]]; Indian Navy: 1983–present
|-
| {{sclass|Good Hope|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 3  || derivative of {{sclass|D'Estienne d'Orves|aviso|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Greenhalgh|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 4  || ex-UK [[Type 22 frigate|''Broadsword'' class (Batch 1)]]
|-
| {{sclass|Gregorio del Pilar|frigate|5}}       ||align=center| 3 || ex-US {{sclass|Hamilton|cutter|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Gremyashchiy|corvette|5}}            ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
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== H ==
|-
| {{sclass|Halifax|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 12 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Hamilton|cutter|5}}                  ||align=center| 12 ||
|-
| {{ship|KD|Hang Tuah||2}}                      ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Horizon|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Hydra|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 4  || [[MEKO 200]] design
|-
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== I ==
|-
| {{sclass|Ikazuchi|destroyer escort|5}}        ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Incheon|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Inhauma|corvette|5}}                 ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Ipiros|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 1  || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}; two others decommissioned
|-
| {{ship|JS|Ishikari||2}}                       ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Isuzu|destroyer escort|5}}           ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Iver Huitfeldt|frigate|5}}           ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
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== J ==
|-
| {{sclass|Jacob van Heemskerck|frigate|5}}     ||align=center| 2  || 1986
|-
| {{sclass|João Belo|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass|João Coutinho|corvette|5}}           ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Jose Rizal|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Jupiter|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  ||
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== K ==
|-
| {{sclass|Kang Ding|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Karel Doorman|frigate|5}}            ||align=center| 8  || 1991–1995
|-
| {{sclass|Kasturi|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Knox|frigate|5}}                     ||align=center| 46 || 46 FF, 1969–1974
|-
| {{sclass2|Kola|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 8  || 
|-
| {{sclass|Köln|frigate|5}}                     ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 14 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Kotor|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Kortenaer|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 12 || 1978–1983
|-
| [[Burevestnik-class frigate|Krivak]]          ||align=center| 40 || See Burevestnik class.
|-
| {{sclass|Kyan Sittha|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
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== L ==
|-
| {{sclass|La Fayette|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 5  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Le Corse|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Le Normand|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 14 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Leander|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 44 ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Legend|cutter|5}}                   ||align=center| 9  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Legkiy|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Lekiu|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Loch|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 32 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Lupo|frigate|5}}                     ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
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== M ==
|-
| {{sclass|Maestrale|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 8  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Maharaja Lela|frigate|5}}            ||align=center|    || 2 + 4
|-
| {{ship|HTMS|Makut Rajakumarn||2}}             ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{ship|Romanian frigate|Mărășești||2}}        ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Mariscal Sucre|frigate|5}}           ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Martadinata|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 2  || [[Sigma-class design]]
|-
| {{sclass|Marte|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Martha Khristina Tiyahahu|frigate|5}}||align=center| 3  || ex-UK {{sclass2|Tribal|frigate|4}}, all decommissioned
|-
| {{sclass|Meliton Carvajal|frigate|5}}         ||align=center| 4  || Italian-built {{sclass|Lupo|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass2|Mirka|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 18 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Mohammed V|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 2  || {{sclass|Floréal|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Mogami|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Moudge|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 5  || Iranian built
|-
| {{sclass|Mubarak|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 4  || ex-US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
|-
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== N ==
|-
| {{sclass|Najim al Zafir|frigate|5}}           ||align=center| 2  || Chinese Jianghu III class
|-
| {{sclass2|Najin|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Naresuan|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Neustrashimyy|frigate|5}}            ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|5||1972}}            ||align=center| 6  || built by [[Mazagon Dock Limited|MDL]]; Indian Navy: 1972–2010
|-
| {{sclass|Niterói|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 7  ||
|-
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== O ==
|-
| {{ship|NNS|Obuma||2}}                         ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|5}}      ||align=center|  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
|-
| {{sclass|Oslo|frigate|5}}                     ||align=center| 5  ||
|-
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== P ==
|-
| {{sclass|Para|frigate|5}}                     ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Peder Skram|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Petya|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 54 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Pham Ngu Lao|frigate|5}}             ||align=center| 1  || former seaplane tender
|-
| {{sclass|Phutthayotfa Chulalok|frigate|5}}    ||align=center| 2  || ex-US {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Pizarro|gunboat|5}}                  ||align=center| 8  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Prestonian|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 21 || modified {{sclass2|River|frigate|4}}
|-
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== R ==
|-
| {{ship|KD|Rahmat||2}}                         ||align=center| 1  || decommissioned 2004 and retired
|-
| {{sclass|Reformador|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 1  || [[Sigma-class design]]
|-
| [[Type 22 frigate|''Regele Ferdinand'']]      ||align=center| 2  || ex-UK [[Type 22 frigate]]
|-
| {{sclass2|Riga|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 69 ||
|-
| {{sclass|Rio Damuji|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|River|destroyer escort|5}}          ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| {{sclass2|Roofdier|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
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== S ==
|-
| {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| [[Claud Jones-class destroyer escort|''Samadikun'']] ||align=center| 4  ||ex-US {{sclass|Claud Jones|destroyer escort|1}}
|-
| {{sclass|Santa María|frigate|5}}              ||align=center| 6  || Spanish subclass of US {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass2|SF3000|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center|  (2)  || two planned
|-
| {{sclass|Shivalik|frigate|5}}                 ||align=center| 3 || built by [[Mazagon Dock Limited|MDL]]; Indian Navy: 2010–present
|-
| {{sclass2|Soho|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Suffren|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Sultan Moulay Ismail|frigate|5}}     ||align=center| 2  || [[Sigma-class design]]
|-
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== T ==
|-
| {{sclass|Talwar|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 6  || Indian Navy: 2003–present
|-
| {{ship|Moroccan frigate|Tarik Ben Ziyad||2}}  ||align=center| 1  || [[Sigma-class design]]
|-
| [[HMS Whimbrel (U29)|''Tariq'']]              ||align=center| 1  || ex-British sloop ''Whimbrel''
|-
| {{sclass|Tariq|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 6  || ex-UK {{sclass|Amazon|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Thaon di Revel|offshore patrol vessel|5}} ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Thetis|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Tourville|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 3  || 
|-
| {{sclass|Tromp|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 2  || 1975–1976
|-
| {{sclass|Tughril|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| [[Type 053 frigate|Type 053H (Jianghu I)]]    ||align=center| 14 ||
|-
| [[Type 053 frigate|Type 053H1 (Jianghu II)]]  ||align=center| 9  ||
|-
| [[Type 053 frigate|Type 053H2 (Jianghu III)]] ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
| [[Type 053 frigate|Type 053H1Q (Jianghu IV)]] ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| [[Type 053 frigate|Type 053H1G (Jianghu V)]]  ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| [[Type 053 frigate|Type 053K (Jiangdong)]]    ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| [[Type 053H2G frigate|Type 053H2G (Jiangwei I)]] ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| [[Type 053H3 frigate|Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II)]]  ||align=center| 10 ||
|-
| [[Type 054 frigate|Type 054 (Jiangkai I)]]       ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| [[Type 054A frigate|Type 054A (Jiangkai II)]]    ||align=center| 30 ||
|-
| [[Whitby-class frigate|Type 12 ''Whitby'']]   ||align=center| 8  ||
|-
| [[Rothesay-class frigate|Type 12M ''Rothesay'']] ||align=center| 21 ||
|-
| [[Leander-class frigate|Type 12I ''Leander'']]   ||align=center| 26 ||
|-
| [[Leander-class frigate|Type 12I ''Canterbury'']] ||align=center| 2  || New Zealand variant of ''Leander'' class
|-
| [[Blackwood-class frigate|Type 14 ''Blackwood'']] ||align=center| 15 ||
|-
| [[Type 15 frigate|Type 15]]                   ||align=center| 23 || converted [[War Emergency Programme destroyers]]
|-
| [[Type 16 frigate|Type 16]]                   ||align=center| 10 || converted [[War Emergency Programme destroyers]]
|-
| [[Type 21 frigate|Type 21 ''Amazon'']]        ||align=center| 8  ||
|-
| [[Type 22 frigate|Type 22 ''Broadsword'' (Batch 1)]] ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| [[Type 22 frigate|Type 22 ''Boxer'' (Batch 2)]]      ||align=center| 6  ||
|-
| [[Type 22 frigate|Type 22 ''Cornwall'' (Batch 3)]]   ||align=center| 4  ||
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| [[Type 23 frigate|Type 23 Duke]]              ||align=center| 16 ||
|-
| [[Leopard-class frigate|Type 41 ''Leopard'']] ||align=center| 7  ||
|-
| [[Salisbury-class frigate|Type 61 ''Salisbury'']] ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| [[Tribal-class frigate|Type 81 Tribal]]       ||align=center| 7  ||
|-
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== U ==
|-
| {{sclass|Ulsan|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 9  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Uruguay|frigate|5}}                  ||align=center| 3  || ex-French {{sclass|Commandant Rivière|frigate|4}}
|-
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== V ==
|-
| {{sclass|Valour|frigate|4}}                   ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Van Amstel|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 6  || ex-US {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Van Speijk|frigate|5}}               ||align=center| 6  || 1967–1968 modernised {{sclass|Leander|frigate|4}}
|-
| {{sclass|Vasco da Gama|frigate|5}}            ||align=center| 3  || [[MEKO 200]] design
|-
| {{sclass|Visby|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 4  ||
|-
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== W ==
|-
| {{ship|JDS|Wakaba||2}}                        ||align=center| 1  || modified {{sclass|Tachibana|destroyer|4}}
|-
| {{ship|Equatoguinean frigate|Wele Nzas||2}}   ||align=center| 1  ||
|-
| {{sclass|Wielingen|frigate|5}}                ||align=center| 3  ||
|-
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== Y ==
|-
| {{sclass|Yavuz|frigate|5}}                    ||align=center| 4  || [[MEKO 200]] design<ref>Saunders, p. 761</ref>
|-
| {{sclass|Yūbari|destroyer escort|5}}          ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
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== Z ==
|-
| {{sclass|Zagreb|frigate|5}}                   ||align=center| 2  ||
|-
| [[F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigate|''Zulfiquar'']]  ||align=center| 4  ||
|}

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Saunders |editor1-first=Stephen |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 |date=2004 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon, UK |isbn=0-7106-2623-1}}

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