Frigate navy is a term describing a nation state's navy that is made of mostly frigates or destroyers as a major combat force. This navy would thus be lacking large vessels such as cruisers, a significant number of effective submarines, or aircraft carriers, but it would also be more effective and deployable than a navy that just maintains corvettes or gunboats. A frigate navy can be a green water navy or a brown water navy, depending on how logistics are structured.
Current Frigate Navies consist of:
United States NavyRoyal NavyRoyal Canadian NavyRoyal Australian NavyRoyal New Zealand NavyFrench NavyItalian NavyRoyal Netherlands NavyRoyal Danish NavyRoyal Norwegian NavyRoyal Spanish NavyPortuguese NavyRussian NavyPeople's Liberation Army NavyJapanese Maritime Self-Defense ForceRepublic of China NavyRepublic of Korea NavyRepublic of Singapore NavyVietnamese People's NavyIndian NavyPakistani NavyRoyal Saudi NavyEgyptian NavyHellenic NavyAlgerian National NavyRoyal Moroccan NavySouth African NavyBrazilian NavyChilean NavyArgentine NavyPeruvian NavyBolivarian Navy of VenezuelaBulgarian NavyMexican NavyColombian NavyEcuadorian NavyUruguayan NavyBangladesh NavyRoyal Thai NavyIndonesian NavyRoyal Malaysian NavyRoyal Belgian NavyKorean People's NavyUkrainian NavyAzerbaijani NavyLibyan NavySyrian NavyNigerian NavyRoyal Bahrain Naval ForceIslamic Republic of Iran NavyPolish NavyRomanian Naval ForcesMontenegrin NavyMyanmar NavyPhilippine NavyFormer frigate navies were:
Royal Swedish NavyEstonian NavyCuban NavyIsraeli NavyFinnish NavyTunisian NavyEthiopian NavyYemeni Navy