This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically.

Frigate class Numberof ships Notes A 2 6 1 6 derivative of 3 3 3 1 6 ex-Dutch 1 Al-Aziz 1 MEKO 200 design, three under construction 4 Al Riyadh 3 4 ex-US 4 ex-US 4 MEKO 360 design 4 built in Germany 2 4 built in Britain for the Iranian Navy 5 4 4 modified ex-US Casco class, all decommissioned 10 MEKO 200 design, built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia 1 MEKO 360 design 4 2 ex-US 1 built in Myanmar 2 B 4 5 modified 1 modified 4 4 MEKO 200 design 1 21 19 see Burevestnik class 2 4 2 10 1 3 built by GRSE; Indian Navy: 2000–present 4 2 8 2 FF 1963 6 FFG 1966 to 1968 3 40 C Canterbury (Leander) 2 78 US built destroyer escorts 2 4 4 Chinese Jianghu III class 4 8 8 ex-US 12 11 4 9 French built, decommissioned 3 ships sold to Uruguay 4 British built Leander class 2 (planned) 2 D 17 8 2 ex-US 1 Vosper Mk 7 design 3 ex-US 4 13 2 training ship E 1 ex-British destroyer Zenith 10 ex-Dutch 2 ex-British 2 2 MEKO 200 design 6 MEKO 140 design F 3 6 6 FREMM 22+(24) twenty-seven planned 5 derivative of G Gabya 8 ex-US 11 10 FF and 1 AGFF ship, 1964–1968 2 ex-US 7 6 3 built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1983–present 3 derivative of 4 ex-UK Broadsword class (Batch 1) 3 ex-US 1 H 12 12 1 4 4 MEKO 200 design I 2 6 4 1 ex-US ; two others decommissioned 1 4 3 J 2 1986 3 6 2 2 K 6 8 1991–1995 2 46 46 FF, 1969–1974 8 6 14 2 12 1978–1983 Krivak 40 See Burevestnik class. 2 L 5 4 14 44 9 2 2 32 4 M 8 2 + 4 1 1 6 2 Sigma-class design 2 3 ex-UK , all decommissioned 4 Italian-built 18 2 3 5 Iranian built 4 ex-US N 2 Chinese Jianghu III class 2 2 2 6 built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1972–2010 7 O 1 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 5 P 4 2 54 1 former seaplane tender 2 ex-US 8 21 modified R 1 decommissioned 2004 and retired 1 Sigma-class design Regele Ferdinand 2 ex-UK Type 22 frigate 69 2 6 6 S 3 Samadikun 4 ex-US 6 Spanish subclass of US (2) two planned 3 built by MDL; Indian Navy: 2010–present 1 2 2 Sigma-class design T 6 Indian Navy: 2003–present 1 Sigma-class design Tariq 1 ex-British sloop Whimbrel 6 ex-UK 7+(2) 4 3 2 1975–1976 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 9 3 ex-French V 4 6 ex-US 6 1967–1968 modernised 3 MEKO 200 design 4 W 1 modified 1 3 Y 4 MEKO 200 designSaunders, p. 761 2 Z 2 Zulfiquar 4

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