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The Type F127 frigate is an ongoing procurement programme of the German Navy for the timely replacement of the previous three frigates of the Type F124 Sachsen class. [ 1 ] History
The Type 054B (NATO/OSD Jiangkai III) [4] is a class of guided-missile frigate under construction for the People's Republic of China. It is a development of the Type 054A frigate, and is around 50% larger than its predecessor. [3] [better source needed]
In the same year Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) unveiled the frigate's first concept model (30FF) which they have been developing with their own funds. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 30DX design has an overall length of 130 metres (426 ft 6 in), breadth of 16 metres (52 ft 6 in), a standard displacement of 3,900 tons with a full load displacement of about ...
The destroyer escort then conducted operations in the areas of Crete, Greece, Tunisia, and Sicily. W.S. Sims arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, on 8 August and, during her visit there, was visited by the American consul general, the Governor of Alexandria, and the Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Navy. She then departed for Augusta Bay, Sicily.
The Type 12 or Whitby-class frigates were a six-ship class of anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy, which entered service late in the 1950s. [2] [page needed] [3] [page needed] They were designed in the early 1950s as first-rate ocean-going convoy escorts, in the light of experience gained during World War II.
USS Leahy (DLG/CG-16) was the lead ship of a new class of destroyer leaders in the United States Navy.Named for Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, she was commissioned on 4 August 1962 as DLG-16, a guided missile frigate, and reclassified as CG-16, a guided missile cruiser, on 30 June 1975.
USS Kirk was a Knox-class destroyer escort, originally designated as DE-1087 and reclassified as a frigate, FF-1087 (1975), in the United States Navy. Her primary mission of ASW remained unchanged. She was named for Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk. She is in service with the Taiwanese navy as the ROCN Fen Yang (FFG-934).
HMS Cardiff is the second Batch 1 Type 26 frigate to be built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. [14] The first steel was cut on 14 August 2019. [15] The Type 26 class will partially replace the navy's thirteen Type 23 frigates, [16] and will be a multi-mission warship designed for anti-submarine warfare, air defence and general purpose operations. [4]