List of frigate classes by country

The list of frigates by country includes all modern frigates organized by the country of which they were in service.

Argentina (Armada de la República Argentina">Argentine Navy">Armada de la República Argentina)

Azopardo class - 2 ships
Almirante Brown class - 4 ships in service 1983
Espora class - 6 ships in service 1985

Australia ([Royal Australian Navy])

River class - 6 ships
Adelaide class - 6 ships
Anzac class - 8 ships built 1993–2004
Hunter class - 9 ships ordered

Bangladesh ([Bangladesh Navy])

Belgium

Wielingen class - 4 ships

Brazil

Greenhalgh class - 2 ships active
Niteroi class - 6 ships built
Para class - all retired

Bulgaria

Koni class - 1 ship
Wielingen class - 3 ships

Canada ([Royal Canadian Navy])

River class — 60 ships
* Prestonian class — 21 ships converted from mothballed River classes
Loch class — 3 ships
Halifax class — 12 ships

Chile (Armada de Chile">Chilean Navy">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

Colombia (Armada Nacional de Colombia">Colombian Navy">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">Danish Navy">Søværnet)

Holger Danske class - 2 ships Esbern Snare class - 3 ships

OPV - 4 ships, classed as ocean patrol frigates.
* Beskytteren-ocean patrol frigate OPV.. 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.
Iver Huitfeldt class - 3 ships

Ecuador

Eloy Alfaro class - 2 ships

Egypt

France (Marine Nationale">French Navy">Marine Nationale)

Commandant Rivière class - All 9 ships retired in 1996
Suffren class - All 2 anti-air ships retired in 2008
Tourville class - All 3 anti-submarine ships retired in 2013
Cassard class - All 2 anti-air ships retired in 2021
Georges Leygues class - All 7 anti-submarine ships retired in 2022
Floreal class - 6 ships in service
La Fayette class - 5 ships in service
Aquitaine class - 8 multipurpose ships in service
Horizon class - 2 anti-air ships in service
Amiral Ronarc'h class - 1 multipurpose ship in commissioning in 2025 and 5 expected

Germany (Deutsche Marine">German Navy">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
F125 Baden-Württemberg class - 4 ships, in service by 2017
F126 MKS-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
Hydra class - 4 ships commissioned 1992–98
Kimon class - building ongoing, 4 ships expected in 2028

India ([Indian Navy])

Type 14 Blackwood class - 3 decommissioned
Type 12 Whitby class - 2 decommissioned
Type 41 Leopard class - 3 decommissioned
- 6 decommissioned
- 3 decommissioned
- 3 active
Talwar class - 8 active, 2 under construction
- 3 active
Nilgiri-class frigate (2019) - 1 active, 6 under construction
Project 17B-class frigate - 8 planned

Indonesia (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut">Indonesian Navy">Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut)

Riga class – 8 ships, retired 1973–1986
Samadikun class – 4 ships, retired 2001–2009
Martha Khristina Tiyahahu class – 3 ships, retired 2000
Ahmad Yani class – 6 ships, 1 ship retired in 2019
Martadinata class – 2 ships,, frigate variant
Arrowhead 140 frigate – 2 under construction

Iran

Alvand class - 3 ships
Moudge class - 4 ships

Iraq ([Iraqi Navy])

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

Italy ([Marina Militare])

Centauro class - 4 ships decommissioned
Bergamini class - 4 ships decommissioned
Alpino class - 2 ships decommissioned
Lupo class - 4 ships decommissioned
Maestrale class - 8 ships decommissioned
Soldati class - 4 ships, originally built for Iraq decommissioned
FREMM Bergamini class - 12
Thaon di Revel-class - 7

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
Koni class 2 ships

Malaysia ([Royal Malaysian Navy])

Maharaja Lela - 5 ships

Lekiu class - 2 ships
Hang Tuah class - 1 ship
Loch class — 1 ship
Rahmat class - 1 ship

Mexico

Allende class - 4 ships
Bravo class - 2 ships

Montenegro

Kotor class - 2 ships

Morocco

Mohammed V class - 2 ships

Myanmar ([Myanmar Navy])

River class - 1 ship
Mahar Bandoola class - 2 ships
Aung Zeya class - 1 ship
Kyan Sittha - 2 shipsKing Thalun - 1 ship

Netherlands (Koninklijke Marine">Royal Netherlands Navy">Koninklijke Marine)

Van Amstel class - 6 ships, 1954
Van Speijk class - 6 ships, 1967-1968
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 - 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

North Korea

Soho class - 1 ship
Najin class - 2 ships

Pakistan (Pak Behria">Pakistan Navy">Pak Behria)

Tariq class - 6 ships - 2 decommissioned
Zulfiquar class - 4 ships
Type 054AP/Tughril-class Frigate - 4 ships
Jinnah class - 4 being built
Alamgir class - 1 ship

Peru (Marina de Guerra del Perú">Peruvian Navy">Marina de Guerra del Perú)

Modified Lupo class - 4 ships
Lupo class - 4 ships

Philippines (Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas">Philippine Navy">Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas)

Buckley class - 1 ship all retired
Datu Kalantiaw class - 3 ships all retired
Edsall class - 1 ship all retired
Andrés Bonifacio class - 4 ships all retired
Gregorio del Pilar class - 3 ships Patrol FrigateJose Rizal class - 2 ships Miguel Malvar class - 2 ships TBD somewhere on March
Future Phillippine Horizon 3 frigate|Re-horizon 3 program|3 ships|

Poland (Marynarka Wojenna">Polish Navy">Marynarka Wojenna)

General K. Pulaski class - 2 ships

Portugal Navy (Marinha Portuguesa">Portuguese 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">Romanian Naval Forces">Forțele Navale Române)

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

Russia/USSR (Voyenno- Morskoy Flot">Russian Navy">Voyenno- Morskoy Flot)

Admiral Grigorovich class - 4 ships
Admiral Gorshkov class - 3 ships
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
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
President class - 3 ships
Valour class - 4 ships

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">Spanish Navy">Armada Española)

Marte class - 2 shipsJupiter class - 2 shipsEolo class - 2 shipsPizarro class - 8 shipsAtrevida class - 6 ships

Republic of China (Taiwan) ([Republic of China Navy])

Cheng Kung class - 7 ships
Kang Ding class - 6 ships
Chi Yang class - 8 ships Chien Yang class - 12 ships

Thailand ([Royal [Thai Navy]])

Turkey (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri">Turkish Navy">Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri)

Gaziantep class - 9 ships
Muavenet class - 8 ships
Tepe class - 4 ships
Barbaros class - 2 ships
Salihreis class - 2 ships
Yavuz class - 4 shipsBerk class - 2 ships

Ukraine ([Ukrainian Navy])

Krivak-class frigate — 1 ship

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
Bronstein class - 2 FF ships 1963
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

Vietnam ([Vietnamese People's Navy])

- 1 ship
Petya class - 5 ships
Gepard 3.9 class - 4 ships in service

Yugoslavia [SFR Yugoslav Navy]

Koni class - 2 ships
Kotor class - 2 ships