1) Aircraft carrier escort 2) Combat ship 3) Combat vessel 4) Destroyer escort 5) French word used in English 6) Gear fit for warship 7) Hips that can move quickly 8) Medium-sized warship 9) Naval escort member 10) Naval escort ship 11) Navy warship 12) Old Ironsides 13) Old warship 14) Ship type 15) Ship-rigged war vessel
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A frigate t is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries. In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being `frigate-built`. These could be warships carrying their principal battery of carri.....
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• (n.) Any small vessel on the water. • (n.) Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had ...
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either of two different types of warships, of the 17th through the 19th centuries (see ) and of World War II and after.[3 related articles]
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Escort warship smaller than a destroyer. Before 1975 the term referred to a warship larger than a destroyer but smaller than a light cruiser. In the 18th and 19th centuries a frigate was a small,...
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Small to medium sized surface escort ships (approx 4,000 tons) and general 'workhorses' of the fleet. Used to be primarily designed for anti-submarine warfare but are increasingly used in general purpose roles. The RN currently has a total of 17 frigates of in 2 types: Type 22 (batch 3) and Type 23
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1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a...
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Frig'ate noun [ French
frégate , Italian
fregata , probably contracted from Latin
fabricata something constructed or built. See
Fabricate .]
1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to ...
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A frigate is a light-weight, fast and nimble warship. The term frigate was first used for a fully-rigged warship with a single complete gun deck during the 17th century, and these ships usually carried about 36 guns (mainly 4.5 inch calibre demi-culverins firing a 9 lb shot) and inferior to ships of the line were used for escort duties and as swift...
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[
n] - a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries 2. [n] - a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
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noun a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
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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 m...
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