Royal Navy - Ships
Frigates
Class		Ship(s) (year of commissioning)
Type 16 (10 ships)		INFO – Type 16 Class Frigate (converted WW II destroyers)
O + P-class conversion (3 ships)		G 98 / F 98 HMS Orwell (1942/52)
		G 69 / F 169 HMS Paladin (1941/54)
		G 56 / F 56 HMS Petard (1942/ ?)
T-class conversion (7 ships)		R 23 / F 23 HMS Teazer (1943/54)
		R 45 / F 44 HMS Tenacious (1943/52)
		R 89 / F 189 HMS Termagant (1943/53)
		R 33 / F 19 HMS Terpsichore (1944/54)
		R 11 / F 121 HMS Tumult (1943/50)
		R 56 / F 156 HMS Tuscan (1943/50)
		R 67 / F 67 HMS Tyrian (1943/53)
Type 15 (23 ships)		INFO – Type 15 Class Frigate (converted WW II destroyers)
R-class conversion (4 ships)		H 32 / F 138 HMS Rapid (1943/53)
		H 85 / F 185 HMS Relentless (1942/51)
		H 92 / F 191 HMS Rocket (1943/51)
		H 95 / F 195 HMS Roebuck (1943/53)
T-class conversion (1 ship)		R 00 / F 09 HMS Troubridge (1943/57)
U + V-class conversion (13 ships)		R 97 / F 197 HMS Grenville (1943/54)
		R 83 / F 83 HMS Ulster (1943/56)
		R 69 / F 17 HMS Ulysses (1943/53)
		R 53 / F 53 HMS Undaunted (1944/54)
		R 42 / F 141 HMS Undine (1943/54)
		R 05 / F 08 HMS Urania (1944/54)
		R 99 / F 196 HMS Urchin (1943/54)
		R 22 / F 200 HMS Ursa (1944/54)
		R 50 / F 50 HMS Venus (1943/54)
		R 28 / F 29 HMS Verulam (1943/52)
		R 93 / F 93 HMS Vigilant (1943/52)
		R 75 / F 76 HMS Virago (1943/52)
		R 41 / F 41 HMS Volage (1944/53)
W + Z-class conversion (5 ships)		R 59 / F 159 HMS Wakeful (1944/53)
		R 87 / F 187 HMS Whirlwind (1944/54)
		R 72 / F 42 HMS Wizard (1944/54)
		R 48 / F 157 HMS Wrangler (1944/52)
		R 02 / F 102 HMS Zest (1944/56)
Type 14 / Blackwood (12 ships)		INFO – Blackwood (Type 14) Class Anti-Submarine Frigate
		F 48 HMS Dundas (1956)
		F 51 HMS Grafton (1957)
		F 54 HMS Hardy (1955)
		F 62 HMS Pellew (1956)
		F 78 HMS Blackwood (1957)
		F 80 HMS Duncan (1958)
		F 84 HMS Exmouth (1957)
		F 85 HMS Keppel (1956)
		F 88 HMS Malcom (1957)
		F 91 HMS Murray (1956)
		F 94 HMS Palliser (1957)
		F 97 HMS Russell (1957)
Type 12 / Whitby (6 ships)		INFO – Whitby (Type 12) Class Anti-Submarine Frigate
		F 36 HMS Whitby (1956)
		F 43 HMS Torquay (1956)
		F 65 HMS Tenby (1957)
		F 63 HMS Scarborough (1957)
		F 73 HMS Eastbourne (1958)
		F 77 HMS Blackpool (1958)
Type 61 / Salisbury (4 ships)		INFO – Salisbury (Type 61) Class Frigate
		F 32 HMS Salisbury (1957)
		F 59 HMS Chichester (1958)
		F 61 HMS Llandaff (1958)
		F 99 HMS Lincoln (1960)
Type 41 / Leopard (4 ships)		INFO – Leopard (Type 41) Class Air Defense Frigate
		F 14 HMS Leopard (1958)
		F 27 HMS Lynx (1957)
		F 37 HMS Jaguar (1959)
		F 34 HMS Puma (1957)
Type 12M / Rothesay (9 ships)		INFO – Rothesay (Type 12M) Class Frigate
(Type 12 modified)		F 107 HMS Rothesay (1960)
		F 108 HMS Londonderry (1961)
		F 106 HMS Brighton (1961)
		F 101 HMS Yarmouth (1960)
		F 113 HMS Falmouth (1961)
		F 129 HMS Rhyl (1960)
		F 103 HMS Lowestoft (1961)
		F 115 HMS Berwick (1961)
		F 126 HMS Plymouth (1961)
Type 81 / Tribal (7 ships)		INFO – Tribal (Type 81) Class Frigate
		F 117 HMS Ashanti (1961)
		F 119 HMS Eskimo (1963)
		F 122 HMS Gurkha (1963)
		F 125 HMS Mohawk (1963)
		F 131 HMS Nubian (1962)
		F 133 HMS Tartar (1962)
		F 124 HMS Zulu (1964)
Type 12I / Leander (26 ships)		INFO – Leander (Type 12I) Class Frigate
(Type 12 improved)		NOTE: Type 12I / Leander-class Frigates were built in 3 batches and most of them were later converted.
Batch 1 (10 ships)		F 109 HMS Leander (1963) (Ikara conversion)
		F 114 HMS Ajax (1963) (Ikara conversion)
		F 104 HMS Dido (1963) (Ikara conversion)
		F 127 HMS Penelope (1963) (Exocet conversion)
		F 10 HMS Aurora (1964) (Ikara conversion)
		F 15 HMS Euryalus (1964) (Ikara conversion)
		F 18 HMS Galatea (1964) (Ikara conversion)
		F 38 HMS Arethusa (1965) (Ikara conversion)
		F 39 HMS Naiad (1965) (Ikara conversion)
		F 28 HMS Cleopatra (1966) (Exocet conversion)
Batch 2 (6 ships)		F 42 HMS Phoebe (1966) (Exocet conversion)
		F 45 HMS Minerva (1966) (Exocet conversion)
		F 40 HMS Sirius (1966) (Exocet conversion)
		F 52 HMS Juno (1966) (not converted)
		F 56 HMS Argonaut (1967) (Exocet conversion)
		F 47 HMS Danae (1967) (Exocet conversion)
Batch 3 (10 ships)		F 58 HMS Hermione (1969) (Seawolf conversion)
(Broad beamed Leanders)		F 57 HMS Andromeda (1968) (Seawolf conversion)
		F 60 HMS Jupiter (1969) (Seawolf conversion)
		F 69 HMS Bacchante (1969) (not converted)
		F 75 HMS Charybdis (1969) (Seawolf conversion)
		F 71 HMS Scylla (1970) (Seawolf conversion)
		F 12 HMS Achilles (1970) (not converted)
		F 16 HMS Diomede (1971) (not converted)
		F 70 HMS Apollo (1972) (not converted)
		F 72 HMS Ariadne (1973) (not converted)
Mermaid (1 ship)		Mermaid Class Frigate
		F 76 HMS Mermaid (1973)
Type 21 / Amazon (8 ships)		INFO – Amazon (Type 21) Class Guided Missile Frigate
		F 169 HMS Amazon (1974)
		F 170 HMS Antelope (1975)
		F 171 HMS Active (1977)
		F 172 HMS Ambuscade (1975)
		F 173 HMS Arrow (1976)
		F 174 HMS Alacrity (1977)
		F 184 HMS Ardent (1977)
		F 185 HMS Avenger (1978)
Type 22 / Broadsword (14 ships)		INFO – Broadsword (Type 22) Class Guided Missile Frigate
Batch 1 (Broadsword) (4 ships)		F 88 HMS Broadsword (1979)
		F 89 HMS Battleaxe (1980)
		F 90 HMS Brilliant (1981)
		F 91 HMS Brazen (1982)
Batch 2 (Boxer) (6 ships)		F 92 HMS Boxer (1983)
		F 93 HMS Beaver (1984)
		F 94 HMS Brave (1986)
		F 95 HMS London (1987)
		F 96 HMS Sheffield (1988)
		F 98 HMS Coventry (1988)
Batch 3 (Cornwall) (4 ships)		F 99 HMS Cornwall (1988)
		F 85 HMS Cumberland (1989)
		F 86 HMS Campbeltown (1989)
		F 87 HMS Chatham (1990)
Type 23 / Duke (16 ships)		INFO – Duke (Type 23) Class Guided Missile Frigate
		F 229 HMS Lancaster (1992)
		F 230 HMS Norfolk (1990)
		F 231 HMS Argyll (1991)
		F 233 HMS Marlborough (1991)
		F 234 HMS Iron Duke (1993)
		F 235 HMS Monmouth (1993)
		F 236 HMS Montrose (1994)
		F 237 HMS Westminster (1994)
		F 238 HMS Northumberland (1994)
		F 239 HMS Richmond (1994)
		F 78 HMS Kent (2000)
		F 79 HMS Portland (2001)
		F 80 HMS Grafton (1997)
		F 81 HMS Sutherland (1997)
		F 82 HMS Somerset (1997)
		F 83 HMS St. Albans (2002)
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