English-Portuguese translations for frigate

fragataAinda na semana passada, uma fragata da marinha neerlandesa ajudou a libertar um navio mercante alemão. Only last week, a frigate of the Dutch Navy helped free a German merchant ship. Os seus Estados-Membros não estariam a enviar fragatas para o Golfo e não se sujeitariam às exigências dos EUA. Its Member States would not be sending frigates to the Gulf and would not be accommodating US demands. Esta operação incluirá seis fragatas, três aviões de patrulha marítima e uma força de 1 200 membros do Reino Unido, França e da Grécia. Six frigates, three maritime patrol aircraft and 1 200 personnel from the United Kingdom, France and Greece will take part in the operation.

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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