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frigate
[ frig-it ]
noun
- a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks.
- any of various types of modern naval vessels ranging in size from a destroyer escort to a cruiser, frequently armed with guided missiles and used for aircraft carrier escort duty, shore bombardment, and miscellaneous combat functions.
frigate
/ ˈڰɪɡɪ /
noun
- a medium-sized square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
- a warship larger than a corvette and smaller than a destroyer
- (formerly) a warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
- a small escort vessel
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of frigate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of frigate1
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The team sees the Proteus taking off from a Royal Navy frigate, flying to pre-set co-ordinates, dropping the high-tech buoys, then returning to the flight deck.
Somerset, a British Type 23 frigate, used its radar system to report on the movements and a Merlin helicopter from its naval air squadron was also launched to gather information from the sky.
Australia and New Zealand have been closely monitoring the Chinese fleet - a frigate, a cruiser and a supply tanker - since last week, and have dispatched their own ships to observe them.
His replacement David Tydeman described the challenges of fitting the LNG system into the tight machinery spaces as more complex than building a Type 26 frigate.
The decommissioned ships will be replaced by a new Type 26 frigate and multi-role support ships.
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