| The ministry is trying to purchase naval ships ranging from petrol boats to corvettes and even frigates. |
| The troop carrying convoy would then sail from southern English ports protected by an escort of frigates and corvettes. |
| Perhaps the best example of this is the ability of Canadian frigates and destroyers to operate in U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups. |
| It will involve more than 60 ships and submarines, including the American carrier USS Enterprise, 20 frigates and destroyers and 54 aircraft. |
| Cruisers, destroyers, and frigates are collectively referred to as surface combatants. |
| The British Navy had erected this lighthouse there in colonial days to warn frigates away from the coral reefs. |
