# Amazon-class frigate

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Four [classes](/source/Ship_class) of [frigate](/source/Frigate) of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) have been named the ***Amazon* class**:

- The [*Amazon*-class frigate (1773)](/source/Amazon-class_frigate_(1773)) frigates of 1773, made up of 32-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 12-pounder guns, it comprised eighteen ships; *Amazon*, *Ambuscade* and *Thetis* were launched in 1773; the second batch – *Cleopatra*, *Amphion*, *Orpheus*, *Juno*, *Success*, *Iphigenia*, *Andromache*, *Syren*, *Iris*, *Greyhound*, *Meleager*, [HMS *Castor*](/source/HMS_Castor_(1785)), *Solebay*, [HMS *Terpsichore*](/source/HMS_Terpsichore_(1785)) and *Blonde* – were launched in 1779 to 1787
- The [*Amazon*-class frigate (1795)](/source/Amazon-class_frigate_(1795)) frigates of 1795 consisted of four 36-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 18-pounder guns: [HMS *Amazon*](/source/HMS_Amazon_(1795)) and [HMS *Emerald*](/source/HMS_Emerald_(1795)) launched in 1795, and [HMS *Trent*](/source/HMS_Trent_(1796)) and [HMS *Glenmore*](/source/HMS_Glenmore_(1796)) launched in 1796; *Trent* and *Glenmore* were constructed of "fir" ([Pitch pine](/source/Pitch_pine))
- The [*Amazon*-class frigate (1799)](/source/Amazon-class_frigate_(1799)) frigates of 1799, made up of 38-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 18-pounder guns, it comprised two ships – [HMS *Amazon*](/source/HMS_Amazon_(1799)) and [HMS *Hussar*](/source/HMS_Hussar_(1799)). both launched in 1799
- The [*Amazon*-class](/source/Type_21_frigate) frigates, or [Type 21 frigates](/source/Type_21_frigate), comprising eight ships – *Amazon*, *Antelope*, *Active*, *Ambuscade*, *Arrow*, *Alacrity*, *Ardent* and *Avenger* – launched from 1971 to 1975

## See also

- [List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy](/source/List_of_frigate_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy)
- [HMS *Amazon*](/source/HMS_Amazon)

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