Synonyms of frigates

frigates

noun

plural of frigate

as in corvettes

a small and fast military ship

Related Words

• corvettes
• sloops
• brigantines
• pinnaces
• caravels
• galleons
• yachts
• schooners
• ketches
• galleys
• cutters
• sailers
• catamarans
• yawls
• shallops
• luggers
• keelboats
• outriggers
• clippers
• junk
• sharpies
• catboats
• sailboats
• knockabouts
• dinghies
• piraguas
• caïques
• bugeyes
• windjammers
• barks
• xebecs
• cat rigs
• square-riggers
• vessels
• crafts
• bottoms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of frigates

Berlin is reportedly planning to scrap a multi-billion-euro project to build the F126 frigates, in which Rheinmetall was expected to become the lead contractor. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 24 June 2026

French frigates used machine guns, cannons and sophisticated air-defense missiles to fend off Houthi strikes. — ABC News, 16 June 2026

O’Brien advised them to build a large, permanent air-force base, and to keep frigates on rotation in the Nuuk harbor, as a deterrent to the Russian and Chinese navies. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Unlike traditional destroyers or frigates that require large crews, Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels are designed to operate with minimal or no personnel onboard. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026

Both Salisbury and Schuster see the LCS as primarily stopgaps for the Navy, likely to give way to a new generation of frigates that was announced last December. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 May 2026

Cuba no longer maintains a meaningful blue-water navy, modern frigates or an operational submarine fleet comparable to Cold War levels. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026

In 1996, there were 22 frigates, 17 submarines, 15 destroyers, and 3 aircraft carriers. — Michael Saunders, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026

There are other reasons for sending the frigates, however. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026