View source for Frigate

{{categoried|Frigates}}
A '''frigate''' was a [[starship classification]] applied to the smallest [[starship]]s fielded by a galactic state. Frigates were designed to be fast and protected larger vessels while conducting general service missions. Frigates can be further typified as [[support frigate]]s, [[fast frigate]]s, [[light frigate]]s, [[battle frigate]]s, [[commando frigate]]s and [[heavy frigate]]s. ({{rpg|Decipher RPG|Narrator's Guide}}; {{g|ST|{{gd|Starfleet Command}}}})

[[Benjamin Sisko]] once commented that Starfleet frigates of the 23rd century were: "''power packed ships''". ({{n1|DS9|The Search}})
==Types of frigates==
* [[Acamarian Sovereignty]]:
** [[Acamarian frigate]]
* [[Benthan Guard]]:
** [[Benthan frigate]]
* [[Breen Confederacy]]:
** {{class|Plesh Brek}}
* [[Cardassian Union]]:
** {{class|Vasad}}
* [[Deferi]]:
** [[Deferi frigate]]
* [[Elachi]]:
* {{class|Qulash}}
* [[Federation Starfleet]]:
** {{class|Aegian}} • {{class|Centaur}} • {{class|Chandley}} • {{class|Loknar}} • {{class|Mediterranean}} • {{class|Miranda}} • {{class|New Orleans}} • {{class|Okinawa}} • {{class|Pyrenees}} • {{class|ShiKahr}} • {{class|Steamrunner}} • {{class|Thomas Paine}}
** other frigates: {{uSS|Great Lakes}}
* [[Fek'Ihri Horde]]:
** {{class|Fer'Jai}}
* [[Gorn Hegemony]]:
** {{class|Makar}} • {{class|Vishap}}
* [[Hierarchy]]:
** [[Hierarchy frigate]]
* [[Hirogen Hierarchy]]: 
** {{class|Seeker}}
* [[Kobali]]:
** [[Kobali frigate]]
* [[Nausicaan]]:
**{{class|Syphon}}
* [[Romulan Star Empire]]:
** {{class|Veles}}
* [[Son'a]]:
** [[Son'a attack frigate]] • [[Son'a support frigate]]
* [[Turei]]:
** [[Turei frigate]]
* [[Voth]]
** {{class|Palisade}}

==Appendices==
===Connections===
{{starship classification}}

===External links===
* {{memoryalpha}}
* {{wikipedia|Frigate}}
[[category:starship classifications]]