frigate
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Would Spain be willing to send a frigate to help protect Cyprus, a fellow EU member?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts was on a routine convoy escort mission in the Persian Gulf when it struck the mine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Sri Lanka will treat Iranian sailors rescued from a torpedoed frigate according to international law, a minister said Saturday, following reports Washington was pressuring Colombo to not repatriate them.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the attack as "an atrocity at sea" and stressed that the frigate had been "a guest of India's Navy".
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Are you aware that a navy frigate hardly weighs that much?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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