Frigate

A frigate is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.

In the Age of Piracy, the term referred to ships which were as long as a ship of the line and were square-rigged on all three masts (full rigged), but were faster and with lighter armament. Frigate was originally a long, narrow nautical vessel used on the Mediterranean Sea, propelled by either oars or sail or both. Later, during the 17th and early 18th cent., the term was applied to a very fast vessel carrying 24 to 44 guns on a single flush gun deck. Frigates were employed by the European naval powers in large numbers as commerce raiders and for blockade duty but also for patrolling and escort.

Notable Frigates

 * HMS Comet
 * HMS Raven
 * HMS Resistance
 * HMS Rose
 * HMS Hyena
 * Black Harbinger
 * Centurion
 * Death Omen
 * Dreadnought
 * Fortune
 * Goliath
 * Juggernaut
 * King George's Amnesty
 * Mefisto
 * Panther
 * Phantom
 * Princess
 * Ranger
 * Revenant
 * ''Revenge
 * Satisfaction
 * Storm Reaper
 * Warlord