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