Ship Type

Frigate

Parent Type: Surface Combatants

Learn about the frigate in Royal Navy history.

Frigates have served the Royal Navy in many forms across centuries

Classes in this Type Tree

Other / Unspecified (2)

Cold War (10)

Leander-class frigate – 26 built
Rothesay-class frigate – 9 built
Type 12 frigate – 23 built
Type 14 frigate – 12 built
Type 21 frigate – 8 built
Type 22 frigate – 14 built
Type 41 frigate – 4 built
Type 61 frigate – 4 built
Type 81 frigate – 7 built
Whitby-class frigate – 6 built

Modern (3)

Type 23 frigate – 16 built
Type 26 frigate – 8 built
Type 31 frigate – 5 built

WWII (1)

Loch-class frigate – 28 built

Ships in this Type Tree

Active (47)

HMS Whitby (1954) – Whitby-class frigate
HMS Blackpool (1957) – Whitby-class frigate
HMS Rothesay (1957) – Rothesay-class frigate
HMS Plymouth (1959) – Rothesay-class frigate
HMS Ajax (1962) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Penelope (1962) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Cleopatra (1964) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Andromeda (1967) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Amazon (1971) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Active (1972) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Ambuscade (1973) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Alacrity (1974) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Arrow (1974) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Ardent (1975) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Avenger (1975) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Broadsword (1976) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Battleaxe (1977) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Brilliant (1978) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Boxer (1981) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Beaver (1982) – Type 22 frigate
HMS London (1984) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Cornwall (1985) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Cumberland (1986) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Sheffield (1986) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Campbeltown (1987) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Norfolk (1987) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Chatham (1988) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Cornwall (F99) (1988) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Argyll (1989) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Lancaster (1990) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Iron Duke (1991) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Monmouth (1991) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Montrose (1992) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Northumberland (1992) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Westminster (1992) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Richmond (1993) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Somerset (1994) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Grafton (1995) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Sutherland (1996) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Kent (1998) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Portland (1999) – Type 23 frigate
HMS St Albans (2000) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Forth (2017) – River-class offshore patrol vessel
HMS Medway (2018) – River-class offshore patrol vessel
HMS Trent (2018) – River-class offshore patrol vessel
HMS Tamar (2019) – River-class offshore patrol vessel
HMS Spey (2020) – River-class offshore patrol vessel

Decommissioned (148)

HMS Amazon (F169) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Active (F171) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Argyll (F231) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Argyll (F231) – Type 23 frigate
HMS Cleopatra (F28) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Experiment (1689) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Arundel (1695) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Gosport (1696) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Bridgewater (1698) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Greyhound (1703) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Lark (1703) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Falcon (1704) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Fowey (1705) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Greyhound (1720) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Gosport (1740) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Brilliant (1757) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Diana (1757) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Glasgow (1757) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Juno (1757) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Pallas (1757) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Richmond (1757) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Rose (1757) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Southampton (1757) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Aeolus (1758) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Stag (1758) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Arethusa (1759) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Minerva (1759) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Niger (1759) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Blonde (1760) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Flora (1761) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Boston (1762) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Emerald (1762) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Lark (1762) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Pearl (1762) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Glory (1763) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Jason (1763) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Solebay (1763) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Aurora (1766) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Orpheus (1773) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Triton (1773) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Enterprise (1774) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Actaeon (1775) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Sphinx (1775) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Ariel (1777) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Porcupine (1777) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Actaeon (1778) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Charon (1778) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Janus (1778) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Endymion (1779) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Mercury (1779) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Pandora (1779) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Vestal (1779) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Assurance (1780) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Belle Poule (1780) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Juno (1780) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Nymphe (1780) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Andromache (1781) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Perseverance (1781) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Success (1781) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Mediator (1782) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Resistance (1782) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Heroine (1783) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Phoenix (1783) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Experiment (1784) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Indefatigable (1784) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Regulus (1785) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Romulus (1785) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Modeste (1793) – Fifth-rate frigate
Cornélie (1794) – 40-gun frigate
HMS Artois (1794) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Galatea (1794) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Melpomene (1794) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS St Fiorenzo (1794) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Stag (1794) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Caroline (1795) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Emerald (1795) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Phoebe (1795) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Proselyte (1796) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Surprise (1796) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Acasta (1797) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Endymion (1797) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Naiad (1797) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Sirius (1797) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Amphion (1798) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Penelope (1798) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Proserpine (1798) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Guerriere (1799) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Hussar (1799) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Blanche (1800) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Jason (1800) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Aeolus (1801) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Aigle (1801) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Resistance (1801) – Fifth-rate frigate
Rhin (1801) – 40-gun frigate
HMS Euryalus (1803) – Fifth-rate frigate
Hortense (1803) – 40-gun frigate
HMS Barbadoes (1804) – Fifth-rate frigate
Hermione (1804) – 40-gun frigate
Thémis (1804) – 40-gun frigate
HMS Apollo (1805) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Imperieuse (1805) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Minerva (1805) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Pomone (1805) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Guerriere (1806) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Immortalité (1806) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Shannon (1806) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Spartan (1806) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Doris (1807) – Leda-class frigate
HMS Horatio (1807) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Hussar (1807) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Hyperion (1807) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Bucephalus (1808) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Semiramis (1808) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Curacoa (1809) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Manilla (1809) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Galatea (1810) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Hotspur (1810) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Macedonian (1810) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Havannah (1811) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Java (1811) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Stag (1812) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Surprise (1812) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Euphrates (1813) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Forth (1813) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Lively (1813) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Pactolus (1813) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Diamond (1816) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Pallas (1816) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Trincomalee (1817) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Fisgard (1819) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Seringapatam (1819) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Hamadryad (1823) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Unicorn (1824) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Daedalus (1826) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Fox (1829) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Pique (1834) – Fifth-rate frigate
HMS Ambuscade (F172) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Arrow (F173) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Alacrity (F174) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Avenger (F185) – Type 21 frigate
HMS Broadsword (F88) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Brilliant (F90) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Boxer (F92) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Beaver (F93) – Type 22 frigate
HMS London (F95) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Sheffield (F96) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Coventry (F98) – Type 22 frigate
HMS Cornwall (F99) – Type 22 frigate

Historical / decommissioned (26)

HMS Dido (F104) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Leander (F109) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Aurora (F10) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Ajax (F114) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Penelope (F127) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Euryalus (F15) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Galatea (F18) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Arethusa (F38) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Naiad (F39) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Cleopatra (F28) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Sirius (F40) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Phoebe (F42) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Minerva (F45) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Danae (F47) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Juno (F52) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Argonaut (F56) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Andromeda (F57) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Hermione (F58) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Jupiter (F60) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Achilles (F12) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Bacchante (F69) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Scylla (F71) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Charybdis (F75) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Diomede (F16) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Apollo (F70) – Leander-class frigate
HMS Ariadne (F72) – Leander-class frigate

In service (6)

Lost (2)

HMS Sirius (1786) – Sixth-rate frigate
HMS Antelope (F170) – Type 21 frigate