English-Spanish translations for frigate

fragataSólo durante la semana pasada, una fragata de la Armada neerlandesa ayudó a liberar un buque mercante alemán. Only last week, a frigate of the Dutch Navy helped free a German merchant ship. Sus Estados miembros no estarían mandando fragatas al Golfo ni accediendo a las exigencias estadounidenses. Its Member States would not be sending frigates to the Gulf and would not be accommodating US demands. Seis fragatas, tres aviones de vigilancia marítima y 1 200 miembros de personal del Reino Unido, Francia y Grecia participarán en la operación. 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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