护卫舰在英文中叫做frigate,现在是指一种以导弹、舰炮和反潜鱼雷为主要武器的中轻型水面舰艇,最早出现于16世纪的英国。当时,英帝国曾用它抗击过西班牙的“无敌舰队”。护卫舰的迅速发展是在两次世界大战时期,当时的协约国和盟国为了抗击德国潜艇,为运输船队护航,建造了数百艘护卫舰。战后,护卫舰继续得到发展。美国和前苏联建造了大量不同级别的先进护卫舰,特别是前苏联,在解体之前,它建造的大中 Frigate, known as frigate in English, now refers to a medium-to-light surface warship with missiles, naval guns and anti-submarine torpedoes as the main weapon, first appearing in the 16th century Britain. At that time, the British Empire had used it to fight the Spanish “Armada.” The rapid development of frigates during World War II, when the Allies and Allies in order to fight the German submarine escort for the transport fleet, built hundreds of frigates. After the war, the frigate continued to develop. The United States and the former Soviet Union built a large number of advanced frigate vessels of different grades, especially the former Soviet Union, before its disintegration,