frigate in English

noun
1
a warship with a mixed armament, generally heavier than a destroyer (in the US Navy) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work.
Predominantly it was the destroyers and frigates of the Navy that served.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "frigate" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "frigate", or refer to the context using the word "frigate" in the English Dictionary.

1. The frigate rammed the submarine.

2. The Royal Navy's original Type 22 frigate is an example of a specialised anti-submarine warfare frigate.

3. I declare we could fight frigate.

4. Cockerel, a sleek frigate captained by

5. The frigate made for the open sea.

6. The sailors on that frigate have video cameras!

7. The lone Continental frigate Bonhomme Richard engaged Serapis.

8. For God's sakes, order that frigate to break off!

9. La Pérouse then went on to discover French Frigate Shoals.

10. The frigate is now equipped with this advanced missile system.

11. Saumarez waited until the frigate was at close range before replying.

12. This was a tactic neutralized by the a Jiralhanae frigate pair.

13. We sailed the Atlantic; This frigate has sailed to France.

14. 20 This was a tactic neutralized by the a Jiralhanae frigate pair.

15. Perhaps the captain of the frigate was a touch too eager.

16. She appeared but a pigmy compared with the lofty frigate which she guarded.

17. The Ottoman frigate Navek Bakhri exploded and sank along with the corvette Guli Sephid.

18. “What the frigate bird lacks in waterproofing it makes up for in flying ability.

19. The Anubis was a Amun-Ra-class stealth frigate owned by Protogen Corporation

20. While transiting to the exercise, the frigate visited the port of Kochi, India.

21. From the beach, this correspondent clocked a couple of Luyang - class destroyers and a missile frigate.

22. KD Hang Tuah is a frigate operated by the Royal Malaysian Navy since 1977.

23. Battle style ships (like Epheria Frigate) and higher tier ships are able to hold more Cannonballs

24. Her sister Barbuda, is surrounded by protective reefs, and features a large lagoon and Frigate Bird sanctuary

25. Imperatritsa Maria then attacked the 44-gun frigate Fazli Allah, which caught fire and grounded.

26. The hon. Gentleman will be aware that I have discussed the frigate orders with the shop stewards.

27. Listening to the conversation, Trent watched three frigate birds sailing the on-shore breeze beyond the quay.

28. The frigate Approached noiselessly, stopped at two cables' lengths from the animal, and following its track

29. On 29 January, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Curts led Missouri northward, using advanced mine-avoidance sonar.

30. The Nimitz will be accompanied by five other warships, including a guided-missile cruiser, two destroyers and a frigate.

31. Author-guided frigate tours and poetic courser rides can be "booked" daily through Aubade Publishing.

32. February 16 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate Philadelphia.

33. The larger part is made up by the host of specialised equipments that such a frigate contains.

34. I can hardly see that a mere frigate is going to inconvenience you to all that extent.

35. The British frigate HMS Cyclops, anchored at port, bombarded the city for two days and restored law and order.

36. Official reason is, that abuse of faction items may led to Curiosal situations, when t1 frigate is fully purple fitted

37. Approximately 394 Belgians have served in Lebanon, in demining and medical operations, and a frigate is also present.

38. He would clamp me and take me aboard yonder frigate, or schooner, or Barquentine, or whatever-the-hell-it-was

39. After a morning spent foraging at sea, frigate birds come here to bath their feathers and to sip on the wing

40. Conversion of Quadrant to a fast anti-submarine frigate began at the Williamstown Naval Dockyard in Melbourne during April 1950.

41. The most famous disaster in the Strait of Bonifacio was that of the French frigate Sémillante on February 15, 1855.

42. Halfway up the river the ship became embroiled in the Amethyst Incident, when Chinese Communist gun batteries opened fire on the frigate.

43. After a sharp action, Decatur's squadron was able to capture the Algerine frigate and win a decisive victory over the Algerines.

44. The crew of the frigate and the various scientists on board were all eagerness to meet the great Cetacean, or sea-unicorn

45. Frigate birds soared effortlessly overhead, performing magnificent aerial acrobatics, stealing fish in midair from other birds, and vying for tidbits discarded by fishermen.

46. She was built in 1854, using a small amount of material salvaged from the frigate USS Constellation, which had been disassembled the year before.

47. 29 Sea trials of the demonstrator are planned for 2012 using a French Navy frigate and a Boeing, H-6U Unmanned Little Bird rotorcraft.

48. In October 2003, at the USN Pacific Missile Range Facility near Hawaii, Australian frigate HMAS Warramunga conducted a successful firing of an ESSM.

49. French commando marine and GIGN operating from the frigate Jean Bart and the Jeanne d'Arc moved in when the pirates attempted to flee in the desert.

50. The reef system at French Frigate Shoals supports 41 species of stony corals, including several species that are not found in the main Hawaiian Island chain.