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frigate

[frig-it] / ˈfrɪg ɪt /
NOUN
boat
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Deliveries of one frigate per year are expected to start in 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The Royal Navy deployed a Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans, RFA Tidespring and Merlin helicopters to track all three of the Russian submarines.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

Any page now, Aronnax will plunge over the rail of the frigate; not long afterward, he and the Canadian har- pooner Ned Land will find themselves on Captain Nemo’s submarine.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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