Frigate Gallery

The frigate is a type of warship that has been used by navies around the world for centuries, and is a medium-sized vessel, usually with three masts and a square rig

HMS Montrose, a Type 23 Frigate, performed a series of tight turns, during Marstrike 05. The long-planned series of exercises, entitled Marstrike 05

Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Sutherland with a Merlin Helicopter Overhead
A Merlin helicopter flies over Royal Navy Type 23 frigate, HMS Sutherland during a Maritime Combat Power Visit (MCPV) in the Solent

HMS Minerva at Stanley harbour
HMS Minerva (F45), a Leander-class Frigate of the Royal Navy, at Stanley harbour in 1984, at anchor for crew R&R in the Falkland Islands. Date: 1984

Type 23 frigate HMS KENT at Sea, south of the Isle of Wight
Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate HMS KENT at Sea, south of the Isle of Wight. HMS Kent is one of the newest of the Type 23 frigates within the Royal Navy arsenal

Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Argyll
Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll is pictured at the end of Exercise Goalkeeper in the Middle East. Based in Plymouth, HMS Argyll is the longest-serving Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy

HMS Sutherland monitors Russian warship as it sails through UK waters
Pictured is HMS Sutherland, seen here in the foreground, escorting the Russian Yaroslav Mudry, seen in the background. The Yaroslav Mudry is a Neustrashimy-class frigate

Norway. Horten. 19th century. View of the city with the port and arsenal of the state with the Spanish frigate Blanca entering in the drydock

HMS Northumberland
Royal Navy Type 23 Duke class frigate HMS Northumberland is pictured prior to her port visit into Dar Es Salam, Tanzania on the 28th of December 2012

The Speedy and El Gamo, c1802. Artist: Nicholas Pocock
The Speedy and El Gamo, c1802. Commanded by Lord Cochrane (1775-1860), the British brig HMS Speedy captured the much larger Spanish frigate Gamo off Barcelona on 6 May 1801

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth transits the Atlantic Ocean
October 11, 2010 - The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth (F-235) transits the Atlantic Ocean during Exercise Joint Warrior. Joint Warrior is a multinational exercise designed to improve

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USS " Constitution" being towed by the crew in rowboats away from the becalmed British Navy, War of 1812 Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Crew of the USS Constitution in battle, War of 1812
Deck of the US frigate " Constitution" engaging in battle with British " Guerriere, " War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HMS Richmond
Image of HMS Richmond, a Type 23 frigate. HMS Richmond is the seventh Royal Navy ship to proudly bear the name and enjoys strong links to several affiliations in both Richmond upon Thames

HMS Cornwalls Lynx Helicopter Flies Over HMS Cumberland in the Indian Ocean
HMS Cumberland cuts through the Indian Ocean as sister ship HMS Cornwalls Lynx helicopetr flies across her bow. The two Type 22 frigates met in the Indian Ocean before going their separate ways

EH Industries (later AgustaWestland) EH101 PP5, ZF649, t?
EH Industries (later AgustaWestland) EH101 PP5, ZF649, the fifth of nine pre-production helicopters, on HMS Iron Duke (F234), a Type 23 frigate

HMS Helmsdale, North Atlantic, 1944
Painting showing HMS Helmsdale, a River class Frigate of the Royal Navy, on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic, 1944

HMS Monmouth
Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth is pictured on operation in the Gulf during December 2009

The Cruel Sea (1953)
The fictional frigate HMS Saltash Castle used in the film on location in Portland

Rigging of the sailing ships, wood engravings, published in 1897
Rigging of the sailing ships: 1) Completely rigged mainmast of a warship; 2) Cutter boat; 3) Schooner bark; 4) Schooner; 5) Brig; 6) Barque; 7) Frigate, or full-rigged ship; 9) Yawl

USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, US frigate
The USS Constitution, nicknamed Old Ironsides, a wooden hulled, three masted heavy frigate of the US Navy, launched in 1797

HMS Monmouth with HMS Trenchant
Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth is pictured in the Middle East on operations with submarine HMS Trenchant astern of her, and the ships Lynx helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron close by

HMS Implacable at Devonport, 1926
Photograph showing a stern view of the frigate HMS Implacable in dry dock at Devonport, 1926. Implacable was one of the ships captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

HMS Argyll
Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll. The 3rd Royal Navy ship to bear the name, she is also the 3rd of the Royal Navys Duke class frigates and was commissioned on 30 May 1991

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Kent. Built by BAe Systems (formerly Yarrow Shipbuilders) at Scotstoun on the River Clyde, the current HMS Kent is the twelfth ship to bear the name

HMS Eurydice, Portsmouth Harbour, 1878
Engraving showing HMS Eurydice in Portsmouth Harbour, shortly before her last voyage, 1878. Launched in 1843 as a 21-gun frigate, by 1878 Eurydice was being used as a training ship

Christmas Island Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
One of many, extremely tame frigatebirds that inhabit tropical Christmas Island, a small landmass placed in the far east Indian Ocean

French frigate, 1700s
Armed French frigate of the 18th century. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration

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USS frigate " Chesapeake" engaging the British ship " Shannon, " War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

HMS Montrose
Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose is pictured at speed in the Mediterranean Sea during Exercise Cougar 12. The Duke Class ship is taking part in Cougar

HMS Cornwall
Type 22 Frigate HMS Cornwall is silhouetted against a strong Mediterannean sun, during her service as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)

An old sailing ship navigating the ocean

Naval battle of Grand Port, Mauritius, in 1810 (litho)
XIR382372 Naval battle of Grand Port, Mauritius, in 1810 (litho) by Lebreton, Louis (1818-66) (after); Musee de la Marine, Paris, France; (add.info.: bataille navale de Grand Port)

Magnificent frigate (Fregata magnificens) Ecuador

LEZO, Blas de (1687-1741). Spanish sailor. Capture
" LEZO, Blas de (1687-1741). Spanish sailor. Capture of the English frigate " Stanhope" by Don Blas de Lezo. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum."

HMS Campbeltown silhouetted at sea enroute to Gibraltar in 2007
A backlit HMS Campbeltown sails south towards Gibraltar for the first stop on her 7 month deployment to the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf

France-Nuclear Testing-Rainbow Warrior
The French frigate " Vandemaire" (foreground) shadows " Rainbow Warrior" (R) and " Greenpeace" (L), two ships of the environmental pressure group Greenpeace

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Frigate " Merrimac" before and after conversion into an iron-clad Confederate warship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

CRESCENT & REUNION
The British frigate Crescent captures the French ship Reunion during the Revolutionary Wars

Monitor / Merrimac / Card
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

HMS Westminster at Gibraltar
The Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster loads up with supplies at Her Majestys Naval Base, Gibraltar on the morning of the 2nd of March 2011 prior to sailing to the eastern Med to replace HMS York

HMS Somerset strengthens her links with London
The Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Somerset arrived in the Pool of London on Wednesday 15th March to berth alongside HMS Belfast for a four-day visit

The Naval Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. Artist: Reinagle, George Philip (1802-1835)
The Naval Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. Private Collection

USNS Alan Shepard and USNS Joshua Humphreys are underway in the Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aden, April 27, 2011 - The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), left

Book of Trades, Names of the parts of a ship
Book of Trades, A Frigate, names of the parts of a ship. 1841

Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman. Engraving

Great Frigate bird (Fregata minor ridgwayi), South Plaza Island, Galapagos islands, Ecuador. Date: 03-11-2017

Great Frigate birds (Fregata minor ridgwayi), South Plaza Island, Galapagos islands, Ecuador. Date: 03-11-2017

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The frigate is a type of warship that has been used by navies around the world for centuries, and is a medium-sized vessel, usually with three masts and a square rig, and are typically armed with cannons, and have been used in both offensive and defensive roles, and are fast ships, capable of outrunning most other vessels in battle, and can be used to escort larger ships or to hunt down enemy vessels. Frigates have also been used as flagships for admirals leading fleets into battle. In modern times they can still widely employed by navies around the world for patrol duties, anti-piracy operations, search and rescue missions, as well as providing support to other warships during combat operations.