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CANADIAN BUILT
- Halifax class frigate (Canada)
-- Operators
--- 12 Canada
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
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MINOR EUROPEAN NATIONS
Minor EU Nations Common Frigate
-- Operators
--- 4 Denmark
--- 4 Romania
--- 3 Bulgaria
--- 6 Indonesia
Notes - Non buildable starting unit, including Thetis Class, Admiral Petre Barbuneanu class, Rear-Admiral Eustatiu Sebastian class, Wielingen class, Van Speijk class
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IRANIAN BUILT
- Moudge class frigate (Iran)
-- Operators
--- 2 (Iran)
Notes - In production
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JAPANESE BUILT
- Abukuma class destroyer escort (Japan)
-- Operators
--- 8 Japan
Notes - Non builable starting unit including the Yubari class destroyer escort
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SPANISH BUILT
- Descubierta class frigate (Spain)
-- Operators
--- 5 Spain
--- 2 Egypt
--- 1 Morroco
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
- Álvaro de Bazán class frigate (Spain)
-- Operators
--- 4 Spain
--- 3 Norway
Notes - In production and including the Fridtjof Nansen class variant
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SOUTH KOREAN BUILT
- Ulsan class frigate (South Korea)
-- Operators
--- 9 South Korea
--- 1 Bangladesh
Notes - non buildable start unit
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BRITISH BUILT
- Type 23 frigate (United Kingdom)
-- Operators
--- 13 UK
--- 3 Chile
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
- Type 22 frigate (UK)
-- Operators
--- 4 Brazil
--- 2 Romania
--- 1 Chile
--- 14 UK
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
1970's UK Frigate (UK)
--- 4 Bangladesh
--- 3 Indonesia
--- 3 Iran
--- 9 India
Non buildable starting unit including the Brahmaputra, Godavari, Indian Leander Variants and Nilfiri Classes
Replacing Type 61 Class, Type 41 Class, Tribal Class & Alvand Class Frigates
- 1980's UK Frigate (UK)
--- 6 Pakistan
--- 2 Malaysia
--- 7 Brazil
- Replacing Niteroi class, Lekiu Class & Type 21 Frigates
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CHINESE BUILT
- Type 053 frigate (Peoples Republic of China)
-- Operators
--- 46 PRC
--- 1 Bangladesh
--- 4 Thailand
--- 2 Egypt
--- 2 North Korea
Notes -non buildable starting unit - this should be laughably bad!
Notes - Non buildable starting unit invcluding the Type 053H3 frigate class & Najin class frigate
- Type 054 frigate (PRC)
-- Operators
--- 6 PRC
Notes - In Production
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GERMAN BUILT
- Early 80's MEKO Frigates (West Germany)
-- Operators
--- 10 Argentina
--- 1 Nigeria
--- 4 Colombia
--- 2 Malaysia
Notes - Non Buildable & Including the MEKO 140, MEKO 360 classes & Almirante Padilla\Kasturi class frigate
- MEKO 200 Frigate (Germany)
-- Operators
--- 8 Australia
--- 2 New Zealand
--- 3 Portugal
--- 8 Turkey
--- 4 Greece
--- 4 South Africa
Notes - Non buildable starting unit & Including MEKO 200 PN, MEKO 200TN, MEKO 200 HN, MEKO 200RAN\RNZN subclasses, MEKO 200 SAN.
- Bremen class frigate (Germany)
-- Operators
--- 12 Germany
Notes - Non buildable starting unit including the Brandenburg class frigate
- Sachsen class frigate (Germany)
-- Operators
--- 3 Germany
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
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SOVIET\RUSSIAN BUILT
- 1960's Soviet Frigate
-- Operators
--- 3 Bulgaria
--- 6 Vietnam
--- 2 Syria
Notes - Non buildable starting unit including the Riga & Petya classes
- 1970's Soviet Frigate
--- 16 Russian Federation
--- 1 Ukraine
--- 3 Algeria
--- 1 Bulgaria
--- 2 Egypt
Notes - Non buildable startin unit including the Krivak & Koni classes
- Neustrashimy class frigate (USSR\Russian Federation)
-- Operators
--- 1 Russian Federation
Notes - In production
- Talwar class frigate (Russia)
-- Operators
--- 3 India
Notes - In production - 3 more on order from Russia
- Tartarstan/Gepard class frigate (Russian Federation)
-- Operators
--- 1 Russian Federation
--- 0 Vietnam
Notes - In production, 4 ordered by Vietnam.
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UNITED STATES BUILT
- Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate (USA & under license in Spain\Taiwan\Australia)
-- Operators
--- 30 USA
--- 10 Turkey
--- 6 Spain
--- 8 Taiwan
--- 2 Poland
--- 4 Egypt
--- 1 Bahrain
--- 4 Australia
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
- Knox class frigate (USA)
-- Operators
--- 12 Turkey
--- 4 Mexico
--- 2 Thailand
--- 2 Egypt
--- 8 Taiwan
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
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FRENCH BUILT
-Basic early French Frigates
-- Operators
--- 3 Uruguay
--- 2 France
Notes - Non buildable starting unit including the Commandant Rivière & Caassard Classes
- 1990's French Frigates(France)
-- Operators
--- 13 France
--- 2 Morroco
Notes - Non buildable starting unit including the Floréal & Georges Leygues Classes
- La Fayette class frigate (France & Licence built by Singapore)
-- Operators
--- 5 France
--- 6 Taiwan
--- 6 Singapore
--- 3 Saudi Arabia
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
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BENELUX BUILT
- Kortenaer class frigate (Netherlands)
-- Operators
--- 10 Greece
--- 2 United Arab Emirates
--- 2 Chile
Notes - Non buildable starting unit including the Jacob Van Heemskerk Class AA Variant
- Karel Doorman class frigate (Netherlands)
-- Operators
--- 2 Belgium
--- 2 Chile
--- 2 Portugal
--- 2 Netherlands
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
- De Zeven Provinciën class frigate (Netherlands)
-- Operators
--- 4 Netherlands
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
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ITALIAN BUILT
- Lupo class frigate (Italy)
-- Operators
--- 8 Peru
--- 6 Venezula
--- 4 Italy
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
- Maestrale class frigate (Italy)
-- Operators
--- 8 Italy
Notes - Non buildable starting unit
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INDIAN BUILT
- Shivalik class frigate (India)
-- Operators
--- 2 India
Notes - In production
Right, I have used a crowbar and alot of brute force and managed to squeeze this down to 33 ship classes, considering we started with 65 I think thats a minor miracle! Really, this is as low as it gets before we have major distortions from reality and lose the realistic look we were going for.