English-French translations for frigate

frégatePas plus tard que la semaine dernière, une frégate de la marine néerlandaise a permis de libérer un navire marchand allemand. Only last week, a frigate of the Dutch Navy helped free a German merchant ship. Ses pays membres n'enverraient pas de frégates dans la région et n'accorderaient pas aux États-Unis les facilités demandées par ces derniers. Its Member States would not be sending frigates to the Gulf and would not be accommodating US demands. Manifestement, les États membres ne sont pas vraiment impatients de participer aux activités opérationnelles, et je suis donc ravi que les Pays-Bas aient finalement accepté de déployer une frégate. Obviously, the Member States are not exactly champing at the bit to participate in operational activities, and I am therefore pleased that the Netherlands has finally agreed to deploy a frigate.

An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle
A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose

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