frigate
Example Sentences
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Would Spain be willing to send a frigate to help protect Cyprus, a fellow EU member?
New Zealand is also upgrading its two frigates to keep them operational.
A British naval frigate dispatched in response to the drone strike is on its way to the island.
From BBC
The source added that if there were no mines "convoys can form more easily and travel at higher speeds, and the frigates can manoeuvre around the ships they are protecting".
From Barron's
French President Emmanuel Macron has sent eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers and an aircraft carrier to the region and said some ships would be deployed near the Strait of Hormuz.
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