Navy Frigates
The Frigate remains the quintessential multi-tasker of the modern navy.
1868
Arapiles was a frigate-turned-ironclad appearing in the middle to late 1860s and serving with the Spanish Navy. Construction ...
2013
The nation of China has increased her military spending by 11% from her 2011 budget. For the first time in its history duri...
2009
The FS Chevalier Paul (D621) is a modern multirole missile destroyer frigate of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). The vesse...
2007
The HDMS Absalon (L16) class and her sister ship, the HDMS Esbern Snare, are the two largest vessels ever built for the Royal...
1861
After 1815, the British Royal Navy took on the role of "World's Policeman" by - with some help from American Navy ships like ...
2006
When the Norwegian Navy required a new, ultra-modern frigate for its inventory, the Fridtjof Nansen-class of surface fighting...
1971
The Iranian ship IRIN Alvand (F-71) is a light frigate that was originally built in Great Britain as the Vosper Mark V-class....
2010
Little is known in the West of the lead ship in the Jamaran-class of guided missile frigates serving the Iranian Navy (formal...
1996
Since the age of sail France has been on the cutting edge, designing warships like the Napoleon I, the first warship ever to ...
2008
The RSS Steadfast (70) is a highly advanced and modern navy frigate in service with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Cer...
2007
The SAS Mendi (F148)is a corvette/frigate vessel of the four-strong "Valour-class" belonging to the South African Navy. Her s...
1864
In December of 1863, the Confederate States of America contacted the L'Arman ship building firm in Bordeaux, France to constr...
1961
The modern frigates are a class of ship built to hunt submarines. The Petya vessel was the name assigned by NATO for a clas...
1973
Storozhevoy was a 1135 Burevestnik-class ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) frigate built in 1973 for the Soviet Navy. This series...
1782
On November 9th, 1776, the Continental Congress authorized the construction and purchase of three 74-gun ships. The first of...
1765
The Duc de Duras, a 900 ton merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company in 1765, transported freight betw...
1797
The USS Constitution was a product of changing times in America's policy. Fresh off of their independence war decades earlier...
1987
From the 15th Century onwards, the "frigate" was a warship built for speed and maneuverability. In World War 2, the frigate ...
1977
The USS Oliver Hazard Perry was the first guided missile frigate of her Oliver Hazard Perry-class of warships. Designed and c...
1797
The Congressional Act to Provide Naval Armament (known as the Naval Act of 1794) was passed by the United States Congress on ...
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