The Chinese navy’s newly commissioned stealth frigate has upgraded anti-submarine and radar capabilities and is set to play a key role in escorting carrier strike groups, according to observers.
It was a far cry from some of the earlier small warships that were the predecessors to the frigate, the smallest of which in the Royal Navy in 1719 couldn't use some of their potential six-pound ...
T he USS Constellation (FFG-62) frigate program is doing little to refurbish the U.S. Navy’s reputation for competence. Intended to deliver a flotilla of at least twenty small, hard-hitting ...
The Myanmar Navy has launched its new FF-135 frigate – and commissioned two new corvettes – in commemoration of its 77 th anniversary. The frigate, named UMS King Thalun, dwarfed previous vessels in ...
China’s first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, was commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on Wednesday. The ship class, referred to by the U.S. and NATO as the Jiangkai III class, ...
The first 054B frigate of the PLA Navy, the Luohe, is handed over and commissioned at a naval port in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong Province on January 22, 2025. Photo: CCTV News The 5,000-ton-class ...