frigate

Example Sentences

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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

The torpedoing of the frigate in "India's maritime backyard", he argued, punctured Delhi's carefully cultivated image as a "preferred security partner" in the Indian Ocean.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Western nations seeking to secure the route for maritime traffic could consider frigate patrols or escorts for a particular ship -- possibly with extra air cover.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 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