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What is a frigate?

What is a frigate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle.
  2. (nautical) A 19th-century warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship.
  3. (nautical) A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose.
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A recruit can easily become a fireman in engineering on a frigate or just as easily direct aircraft on a carrier as an airman.
The man pointed at a large triple-decked and triple-sailed frigate sitting in anchor in the shallows.
Women have been going to sea in the RN for 14 years, so the prospect of a female commanding officer of a destroyer or frigate draws ever nearer.
She has 27 sails in a frigate rig on three masts and a bowsprit, with a total surface area of 2,683 square metres.
Type 22 frigate HMS Cumberland has been lending one of the Royal Navy's carriers a hand during a crucial training period.
The Confederate frigate Halberd swung a wide arc around the freighter's stern and approached her docking port from aft.

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