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Recent Examples of frigates
Thales has completed Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) for both the Mission System and the Combat System on the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 Inspiration-class frigates.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
British officials, seeking economies of scale for their own navy and to boost Scotland’s shipyard industry, had heavily promoted the BAE Systems’ frigates, known as the T-26 City-class.
—Reuters 22 Min Ago, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Australia's historic decision earlier this month to source advanced frigates from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries marked the most high-profile defense contract yet for a Japanese firm, as Tokyo makes inroads into the global arms trade.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The agreement, the biggest of its kind in the countries’ history, involves the sale of 11 stealth frigates able to launch long-range missiles, significantly expanding Australia’s maritime defense capabilities.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Defense industry minister Pat Conroy said the Mogami-class frigates were capable of launching long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
The warships, which are equipped for undersea warfare and air defence, will replace Australia’s Anzac-class frigates.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
British officials, seeking economies of scale for their own navy and to boost Scotland’s shipyard industry, had heavily promoted the BAE Systems’ frigates, known as the T-26 City-class.
—Reuters 22 Min Ago, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Australia's historic decision earlier this month to source advanced frigates from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries marked the most high-profile defense contract yet for a Japanese firm, as Tokyo makes inroads into the global arms trade.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The agreement, the biggest of its kind in the countries’ history, involves the sale of 11 stealth frigates able to launch long-range missiles, significantly expanding Australia’s maritime defense capabilities.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Defense industry minister Pat Conroy said the Mogami-class frigates were capable of launching long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
The warships, which are equipped for undersea warfare and air defence, will replace Australia’s Anzac-class frigates.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frigates
Noun
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That kind of philanthropy is unusual in an age when many billionaires flaunt their wealth with mega-yachts and Wall Street firms work to extract profits from their investments.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Lurssen has launched an unprecedented number of new yachts recently.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With Jokic orchestrating at the elbow or top of the arc, cutters find seams that few (or in some cases any) other passers have the ability to exploit.—
Joel Rush,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Today there was a lot more cutters inside to righties.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Frigates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frigates. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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