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

Sri Lanka is repatriating on Friday the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who perished when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a US submarine, the Foreign Ministry said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

India has invited the frigate to take part in its biennial military exercises along with participants from dozens of navies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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

Their instructions were to travel to Sumatra and chart the transit there, but after just one night at sea their ship was attacked by a French frigate.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson