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The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war. The modern roles that a corvette fulfills include coastal patrol craft, missile boat and fast attack craft. These corvettes are typically between 500 and 2,000 tons.
Japanese Mogami 30FFM stealth frigate. South Korean Daegu FFX/Chungnam FFX frigate. Spanish ALFA3000 corvette, the same design used before the review to advocate for a 'Tasman-class' corvette. [18] In November 2024, it was reported that the government had shortlisted the Japanese and German designs, with a finam decision expected in 2025. [19]
From the 1950s to 1975, the US Navy had three types of fast task force escorts and one type of convoy escort. The task force escorts were cruisers (hull classification symbols CAG/CLG/CG), frigates or destroyer-leaders (DL/DLG), and destroyers (DD/DDG); the convoy escorts were ocean escorts (DE/DEG), often called destroyer escorts as they retained the designation and number series of the World ...
Destroyer; Frigate; Corvette; Patrol boat; Fast attack craft; Some classes above may now be considered obsolete as no ships matching the class are in current service. There is also much blurring and gray areas between the classes, depending on their intended use, history, and interpretation of the class by different navies.
Japanese Mogami 30FFM stealth frigate. South Korean Daegu FFX/Chungnam FFX frigate. Spanish ALFA3000 corvette, the same design used before the review to advocate for a 'Tasman-class' corvette. [18] In November 2024, it was reported that the government had shortlisted the Japanese and German designs, with a finam decision expected in 2025. [19]
The Miguel Malvar-class frigate is a class of frigates designed and currently built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the Philippine Navy.It was previously known as the HDC-3100 corvette based on the company's product nomenclature system and the service's acquisition project name until it was reclassified to its current "FF" frigate designation.
Improvements in surface-to-air missiles (e.g., the Eurosam Aster 15) allow modern guided-missile frigates to form the core of many modern navies and to be used as a fleet defence platform, without the need for specialised anti-air warfare frigates. Modern destroyers and frigates have sufficient endurance and seaworthiness for long voyages and ...
List of corvette classes by country during the modern era (post 1940); (see also List of frigate classes and List of frigate classes by country) Algeria ( Algerian Navy ) [ edit ]