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FREGATE [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

frigate: an item in the "Water Transportation Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

frégate : objet de la classe «Équipement de transport maritime» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Naval Forces
DEF

During World War II, an escort vessel in the British and Canadian Navies ... of a size between a corvette and a destroyer.

OBS

[In modern times, a] medium-sized warship, of moderate or high speed, with primary mission of escort and independent deployment.

OBS

WWII definition confirmed in CFP 152, the Canadian Forces Seamanship Manual. Corresponded to US Navy "destroyer escort" of the day. After WWII, Can. Navy adopted the term destroyer escort for newly-constructed vessels. Nowadays, the Canadian, U.S. and British navies all use the term frigate to mean a warship slightly smaller than and generally not as powerfully armed as a destroyer (although there is some overlap). With the possible exception of the DDH-280 class ships (classified as destroyers by Jane's Fighting Ships), all of Canada's present day "destroyers" are actually frigates, the word destroyer being used as a short form of "destroyer escort", which was their original classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Forces navales
OBS

Les frégates de la marine française sont d'un déplacement supérieur à celui des frégates des marines nord-américaines et britanniques. Les Flottes de Combat 1980 (de Jean Labayle-Couhat) traduit quand même «frigate» par frégate.

PHR

Frégate antiaérienne, anti-sous-marin.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
  • Types of Ships and Boats
OBS

light cruises; CL: term and abbreviation standardized by NATO Military Agency for Standardization (MAS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
  • Types de bateaux
OBS

Croiseur léger; frégate : termes normalisés par le NATO MAS.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astilleros y dársenas
  • Tipos de barcos
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Record 4 1991-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

Any of several long-winged strong-flying sea birds chiefly of tropical seas (family Fregatidae).

OBS

"man-o'-war bird" is rather a folks name; scientific texts rather use "frigate bird".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
OBS

Fregatidae.

Spanish

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