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List of frigates of World War II

Index List of frigates of World War II

This is a list of frigates of World War II. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 83 relations: Aubrietia-class sloop, Aviso, Axis powers, Banff-class sloop, Bittern-class sloop, Black Swan-class sloop, Blockship, Bougainville-class aviso, Bridgewater-class sloop, Brinio-class gunboat, Buckley-class destroyer escort, Cannon-class destroyer escort, Captain-class frigate, Colony-class frigate, Destroyer escort, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, E-boat, Edsall-class destroyer escort, Egret-class sloop, Egyptian Navy, Erie-class gunboat, Escort destroyer, Etorofu-class escort ship, Evarts-class destroyer escort, F-class escort ship, Flores-class gunboat, French frigate Algérien, Frigate, German Mine Sweeping Administration, German submarine U-617, Greek destroyer Pindos, Grimsby-class sloop, Guard ship, Gulf of Suez, Gunboat, Hastings-class sloop, Hiburi-class escort ship, High endurance cutter, HMS Caicos, HNLMS Van Speijk (K3), Honourable Company of Master Mariners, Humaitá-class gunboat, Hunt-class destroyer, Indomito-class destroyer, Japan Coast Guard, John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, K-class sloop, Kaibōkan, Kingfisher-class sloop, List of ships of World War II, ... Expand index (33 more) »

  2. Lists of World War II ships by type
  3. Lists of frigates
  4. World War II frigates

Aubrietia-class sloop

The Aubrietia-class sloops were a class of twelve sloops built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger.

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Aviso

An aviso was originally a kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication.

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Axis powers

The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies.

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Banff-class sloop

The Banff-class sloop was a group of ten warships of the Royal Navy.

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Bittern-class sloop

The Bittern-class sloop was a three-ship class of long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy.

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Black Swan-class sloop

The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy.

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Blockship

A blockship is a ship deliberately sunk to prevent a river, channel, or canal from being used as a waterway.

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Bougainville-class aviso

The Bougainville class was a group of colonial avisos, or sloops, built for the French Navy during the 1930s.

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Bridgewater-class sloop

The Bridgewater-class sloop was a class composed of two sloops built for the Royal Navy, and.

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Brinio-class gunboat

The Brinio class (sometimes referred to as Gruno class) was a class of three gunboats built by the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Buckley-class destroyer escort

The Buckley-class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943–44.

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Cannon-class destroyer escort

The Cannon class was a class of destroyer escorts built by the United States primarily for antisubmarine warfare and convoy escort service during World War II.

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Captain-class frigate

The Captain class was the designation given to 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the United States, launched in 1942–1943 and delivered to the United Kingdom under the provisions of the Lend-Lease agreement.

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Colony-class frigate

The Colony-class frigates were a series of 21 frigates constructed in the United States by the Walsh-Kaiser Company of Providence, Rhode Island, for transfer under Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy in 1944.

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Destroyer escort

Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships.

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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) is the official reference work for the basic facts about ships used by the United States Navy.

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E-boat

E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning "fast boat"; plural Schnellboote) of the Kriegsmarine during World War II; E-boat could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large Torpedoboot. The name of E-boats was a British designation using the letter E for Enemy.

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Edsall-class destroyer escort

The Edsall-class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts built primarily for ocean antisubmarine escort service during World War II.

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Egret-class sloop

The Egret-class sloops were a three ship class of a long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy.

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Egyptian Navy

The Egyptian Navy, also known as the Egyptian Naval Force, is the maritime branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces.

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Erie-class gunboat

The Erie-class gunboats were a class of gunboats built by the United States prior to World War II.

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Escort destroyer

An escort destroyer was a small warship built to full naval standards which was optimised for air-defence and anti-submarine duties in wartime, but which retained many of the capabilities of a traditional fleet destroyer, enabling it to conduct operations in conjunction with main fleet units as well as carrying out convoy escort and ASW patrols.

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Etorofu-class escort ship

The were a group of fourteen kaibōkan escort vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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Evarts-class destroyer escort

The Evarts-class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1942–44.

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F-class escort ship

The F-class escort ships were a multi-purpose class of 10 fleet escorts (Flottenbegleiter) built for the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) in the 1930s.

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Flores-class gunboat

The Flores-class gunboats were a class of two gunboats built in the mid-1920s for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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French frigate Algérien

Algérien was a originally named USS Cronin (DE-107) after Cornelius Cronin, a sailor who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War.

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Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

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German Mine Sweeping Administration

The German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA) was an organisation formed by the Allies from former crews and vessels of the Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for the purpose of mine sweeping after the Second World War, predominantly in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, which existed from June 1945 to January 1948.

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German submarine U-617

German submarine U-617 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II.

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Greek destroyer Pindos

Pindos (ΒΠ Πίνδος) was a Type III that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Bolebroke but never commissioned.

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Grimsby-class sloop

The Grimsby class were a class of 13 sloops laid down between 1933 and 1940.

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Guard ship

A guard ship is a warship assigned as a stationary guard in a port or harbour, as opposed to a coastal patrol boat, which serves its protective role at sea.

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Gulf of Suez

The Gulf of Suez (khalīǧ as-suwais; formerly بحر القلزم,, "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula.

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Gunboat

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.

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Hastings-class sloop

The Hastings class, also known as the Folkestone class, was a class of sloop which were built for the Royal Navy and the Royal Indian Navy in the interwar period.

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Hiburi-class escort ship

The was a sub-class of the s of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after World War II.

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High endurance cutter

The designation of high endurance cutter (WHEC) was created in 1965 when the United States Coast Guard adopted its own designation system.

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HMS Caicos

HMS Caicos was a of the United Kingdom that served during World War II.

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HNLMS Van Speijk (K3)

HNLMS Van Speijk (K3, later F805) was a sloop, designed in the late 1930s to replace the aging s of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Honourable Company of Master Mariners

The Honourable Company of Master Mariners is one of the livery companies of the City of London.

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Humaitá-class gunboat

The Humaitá-class gunboat is a two-unit class of riverine gunboats designed by Paraguayan naval engineer José Bozzano and built in Genoa, Italy, for the Paraguayan Navy from 1928 to 1931.

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Hunt-class destroyer

The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyer of the Royal Navy.

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Indomito-class destroyer

The Indomito class was a class of destroyers of the Italian Royal Navy (Règia Marina) before and during World War I. Eight were built, six of which at Naples by Societa Pattison, between 1910 and 1913.

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Japan Coast Guard

The is the coast guard responsible for the protection of the coastline of Japan under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

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John C. Butler-class destroyer escort

The John C. Butler class were destroyer escorts that originated during World War II.

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K-class sloop

The K class was a class of three sloops designed in the late 1930s to replace the aging s of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Kaibōkan

or coastal defense ship was a type of naval ship used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II for escort duty and coastal defense.

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Kingfisher-class sloop

The Kingfisher class was a class of nine patrol sloops of the British Royal Navy built in three groups of three each during the 1930s, that saw service during World War II, mainly on East Coast convoys in the North Sea.

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List of ships of World War II

This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type.

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List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons

The list of World War II ships of less than 1000-tons is an alphabetical list of minor military ships and ship classes of World War II.

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Loch-class frigate

The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine (A/S) frigate built for the Royal Navy and her Allies during World War II.

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Mikura-class escort ship

The were a class of eight kaibōkan escort vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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Museum ship

A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes.

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The Naval Vessel Register (NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy.

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NMS Amiral Murgescu

NMS Amiral Murgescu was a minelayer and convoy escort of the Romanian Navy, the first sea-going warship built in Romania and the largest Romanian-built warship of World War II.

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Ocean escort

Ocean escort was a type of United States Navy warship.

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ORP Ślązak (L26)

ORP Ślązak (Polish for Silesian) was a World War II.

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Owasco-class cutter

The Owasco-class cutter was a cutter class operated by the United States Coast Guard.

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P-class sloop

The P class, nominally described as "patrol boats", was in effect a class of British coastal sloops.

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River-class frigate

The River class was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic. The majority served with the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), with some serving in the other Allied navies: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Free French Naval Forces, the Royal Netherlands Navy and, post-war, the South African Navy.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Rudderow-class destroyer escort

The Rudderow-class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 to 1945.

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Shimushu-class escort ship

The were a class of kaibōkan (equivalent to US destroyer escorts or British frigates) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy just prior to World War II.

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Shoreham-class sloop

The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight warships of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s.

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Sloop-of-war

During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns.

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Soviet guard ship Groza

The Soviet guard ship Groza was a built for the Soviet Navy during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Soviet guard ship Metel

"Metel" (from Russian: "Метель" - "Blizzard") was a Guards Uragan-class guard ship, of the Soviet Navy.

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Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).

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Tacoma-class frigate

The Tacoma class was a class of 96 patrol frigates which served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA; Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Treasury-class cutter

The Treasury-class cutter was a group of seven high endurance cutters launched by the United States Coast Guard between 1936 and 1937.

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Type C escort ship

The were a class of escort ships in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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Type D escort ship

The were a class of escort ships in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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Ukuru-class escort ship

The were a class of twenty kaibōkan escort vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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Uragan-class guard ship

Uragan-class guard ships (рус: Сторожевой корабель тип Ураган) were built for the Soviet Navy as small patrol and escort ships in four batches with slightly different specifications.

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USCGC Pontchartrain (1928)

USCGC Pontchartrain was a belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 16 June 1928 and commissioned on 13 October 1928.

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USCGC Saranac

USCGC Saranac was a of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 April 1930 and commissioned on 2 October 1930.

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USS Marts

USS Marts (DE-174) was a built for the United States Navy.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yacht

A yacht is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft used for pleasure, cruising, or racing.

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Yastreb-class guard ship

The Yastreb-class guard ships were built for the Soviet Navy as small patrol and escort ships.

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24-class sloop

The 24 class was a class of minesweeping sloops.

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See also

Lists of World War II ships by type

Lists of frigates

World War II frigates

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frigates_of_World_War_II

Also known as List of frigates of the Second World War.

, List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons, Loch-class frigate, Mikura-class escort ship, Museum ship, Naval Vessel Register, NMS Amiral Murgescu, Ocean escort, ORP Ślązak (L26), Owasco-class cutter, P-class sloop, River-class frigate, Royal Navy, Rudderow-class destroyer escort, Shimushu-class escort ship, Shoreham-class sloop, Sloop-of-war, Soviet guard ship Groza, Soviet guard ship Metel, Suez Canal, Tacoma-class frigate, The National Archives (United Kingdom), Treasury-class cutter, Type C escort ship, Type D escort ship, Ukuru-class escort ship, Uragan-class guard ship, USCGC Pontchartrain (1928), USCGC Saranac, USS Marts, World War II, Yacht, Yastreb-class guard ship, 24-class sloop.