frigate
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When an American frigate hit a mine during the so-called Tanker War, the U.S. sent in a force to clear out Iranian positions in the Gulf and destroyed Iranian ships that confronted it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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
A British naval frigate dispatched in response to the drone strike is on its way to the island.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 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
Her fingers walk the tightropes of sentences; in her imagination, she walks the decks of the speedy two-funneled frigate called the Abraham Lincoln.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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