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2007-10-29 13:43:48 · 6 answers · asked by zzfigrabelais 1 in Cars & Transportation Boats & Boating

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It is a small warship similar to the "destroyers" of WWII.

2007-10-29 14:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by Ken K 3 · 0 0

in the days of sail it was a warship smaller than a ship of the line. HMS Victory is a ship of the line; USS Constitution is a frigate.........both still exist; both have a million pictures on the web you can look at; Constitution, at 210 years old is still sailing and still a commissioned warship in the US Navy.

if you mean from 1935 onwards.......it would be a warship slightly smaller than a destroyer in most Navies; in the US Navy up to 1977 a ship smaller than a destroyer was a destroyer escort ( A DE ); a ship bigger then a destroyer but smaller than a cruiser would be a frigate ( FF, FFG).....it finally got too confusing with 3,000 ton British ships and 8,000 ton American ships both considered frigates; the US re classed their ships as cruisers or destroyers in '77 and like everyone else, saved frigate for small escort ships

2007-11-01 09:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0 0

A frigate is a warship.

2007-10-29 20:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by hermitofnorthdome 5 · 1 0

This website may shed some light:
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1300&ct=4

2007-10-30 19:01:19 · answer #4 · answered by peterngoodwin 6 · 0 0

I think it's a large french warship.

not sure...realy easy to google it xP

2007-10-29 20:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by Nick =] 2 · 0 0

warship

2007-10-29 22:27:08 · answer #6 · answered by kiko 3 · 0 0

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