English-Italian translations for frigate

• fregata
  Solo la scorsa settimana una fregata della marina olandese ha contribuito a liberare una nave mercantile tedesca. Only last week, a frigate of the Dutch Navy helped free a German merchant ship.
  Ovviamente, gli Stati membri non sono esattamente lì che scalpitano per partecipare alle attività operative, e quindi sono lieto che i Paesi Bassi abbiano infine deciso di impiegare una fregata. 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.

Definition of 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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