Amazon class frigate

Amazon class frigate

Four classes of frigate of the Royal Navy have been named the "Amazon" class:

*The "Amazon" class frigates of 1773, made up of 32-gun Fifth Rates with a main battery of 12-pounder guns. It comprised eighteen ships; the "Amazon", "Ambuscade" and "Thetis" were launched in 1773; the second batch - "Cleopatra", "Amphion", "Orpheus", "Juno", "Success", "Iphigenia", "Andromache", "Syren", "Iris", "Greyhound", "Meleager", "Castor", "Solebay", "Terpsichore" and "Blonde" - were launched in 1779 to 1787.
*The "Amazon" class frigates of 1795, made up of 36-gun Fifth Rates with a main battery of 18-pounder guns. It comprised four ships - the "Amazon" and "Emerald" launched in 1795, and the "Trent" and "Glenmore" launched in 1796.
*The "Amazon" class frigates of 1799, made up of 38-gun Fifth Rates with a main battery of 18-pounder guns. It comprised two ships - the "Amazon" and "Hussar". both launched in 1799.
*The "Amazon" class frigates, or Type 21 frigates, comprising eight ships - the "Amazon", "Antelope", "Active", "Ambuscade", "Arrow", "Alacrity", "Ardent" and "Avenger" - launched from 1971 to 1975.

See also

*List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy


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