This is the first book to fully document the story behind the Frigates that played such a vital role during World War Two.

The text describes the development of the class, armament, major conversion programs, differences between the American and British ships, and the operational hi

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Since the Second World War the old categories of destroyer and frigate have tended to merge, a process that this book traces back to the radically different 'Tr