frigate
Medium combat vessel
A frigate is a warship, historically a fast sailing vessel with guns on a single deck, now a modern naval escort ship smaller than a destroyer.
Frigates typically handle convoy protection, patrol, and anti-submarine warfare.
The word also names a type of seabird, the frigatebird, known for its speed and piratical habit of stealing food from other birds.
Armed sailing vessel
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- clipperFast ship or trimmer
- sloopOne-masted fore-and-aft rigger
- brigantineTwo-masted mixed-rig vessel
privateer · carrack · tall ship · Napoleonic Wars · Spanish Armada · Constitution · treasure fleet · sea shanty
man-of-war
Armed sailing vessel
brigantine · privateer · carrack · tall ship · Napoleonic Wars · Spanish Armada · Constitution · treasure fleet · sea shanty · cannon
destroyer
One that ruins completely
- corvetteLight, fast warship
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
carrier · submarine · gunboat · dreadnought · escort · fleet · convoy · admiral · captain · ensign
seabird
Ocean-dwelling winged creature
- magnificentExceptionally beautiful or impressive
- greatLarge or excellent
- lesserLower in degree
tropicbird · booby · pelican · wingspan · soaring · Galapagos · Caribbean · coastal · plumage · inflation
- Military HardwareMirage, destroyer, submarine, howitzer, Charles de Gaulle
- maritime operationscoast guard, coastal patrol, harbor patrol, naval patrols, patrol boats
- naval shipsaircraft carrier, gunboat, patrol boat, minesweeper, attack sub
- boatsboat, ship, canoe, kayak, yacht
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
frigatebattleship
Armored naval capital vessel
aircraft carrier · dreadnought · supercarrier · ship of the line · man-of-war
frigatemerchant ship
Vessel for transporting goods
cargo vessel · freighter · tanker · cruise ship · passenger liner