This is a list of frigates of the Royal Navy in chronological order.

• River class — 138 ships, 1941–1944
• Captain class — 78 ships
• Loch class — 26 ships
• Colony class — 21 ships
• Bay class — 21 ships
• Type 41 (Leopard class) — 5 ships
• Type 61 (Salisbury class) — 4 ships
• Type 12 (Whitby class) — 6 ships
• Type 12 (Rothesay class) — 9 ships
• Type 14 (Blackwood class) — 12 ships
• Type 81 (Tribal class) — 7 ships
• Type 12M (Leander class) — 26 ships (8 Batch 1, 8 Batch 2, 10 Batch 3)
• Type 21 (Amazon class) — 8 ships
• Type 22 — 14 ships (subclasses: Broadsword 4, Boxer 6, Cornwall 4)
• Type 23 (Duke class) — 16 ships
• Future Surface Combatant — cancelled

See also

• List of frigates