Frigate vs Destroyer | What is the Difference Between the Two Warships

Frigate vs Destroyer | What is the Difference Between Frigate and Destroyer - Warships are a key part of a navy’s surface fleet and come in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on their capabilities and functions. Frigates and destroyers are two of the most common warships in a navy’s fleet. Both are designed for quick manoeuvrability and can be used to escort and protect larger vessels from air, surface and underwater threats. The similarities between frigates and destroyers have led to some European navies using the terms interchangeably.
On the other hand, frigates are more common, with almost every navy in the world in possession of a frigate as part of its navy fleet, while only 13 nations possess destroyers, according to the Global Fire Power Index 2019. Frigate vs #destroyer - what are some of the key differences?
Of the 55 nations that own frigate ships, China leads the world with 52 #frigates across three different classes, followed - perhaps surprisingly - by Taiwan, which has 24, and the US with 22 vessels.
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  • @juliussokolowski4293
    @juliussokolowski42934 жыл бұрын

    This vid kinda had credibility... and then came the KILO-KNOT...

  • @thevexengineer

    @thevexengineer

    4 жыл бұрын

    exactly what i was thinking. How do they not even know the speed unit of KNOTS? its abbreviation may be kn, but that k does NOT stand for "kilo"

  • @darthazua

    @darthazua

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or he means 1000 knots .....still irrelevant speed.

  • @fadlya.rahman4113

    @fadlya.rahman4113

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because it's hard to find people who are blessed with knowledge and presentable voice. So we have different people wrote the script and another presented it.

  • @fuechse7848

    @fuechse7848

    4 жыл бұрын

    Speaking of credibility: www.naval-technology.com/features/frigate-vs-destroyer-difference/ I read that a while back, watched this video, and thought for a hot minute that I was having Déjà vu. I find it weird that this video is an exact word for word reading of that article from almost a full year before this video was posted.

  • @JonatasAdoM

    @JonatasAdoM

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fuechse7848 A lot of videos are based on Wikipedia. Maybe that link is the material they used for the video.

  • @fadlya.rahman4113
    @fadlya.rahman41134 жыл бұрын

    European classify their destroyer as frigate. Meanwhile, Iran classify a patrol boat as Destroyer.

  • @xiro6

    @xiro6

    4 жыл бұрын

    in fact,spanish frigates f-100 have arleigh burke hulls,made with license.both are Aegis platforms,same kind of radars,sonars,weapons... you can buy them from USA or from Spain,one will sell you a destroyer,the other will sell you a frigate. also,on their origin,they were meant to kill torpedo boats,hence "torpedo boat destroyers"maybe not so far from a patrol boat in size and weapons. so....what a mess

  • @joybangla304

    @joybangla304

    4 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @RockmanDash

    @RockmanDash

    4 жыл бұрын

    Iran would put a guy on bayliner with an Ak and a suicide vest, and call it a battleship.

  • @RockmanDash

    @RockmanDash

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im Straight no that wouldn’t help we learned our lesson with USS Cole next one is getting hit with a 5 inch gun (so he’s dead 💀)

  • @beminsterify

    @beminsterify

    4 жыл бұрын

    Since Iran had that friendly fire incident that sank one of their boats I guess it technically is a "destroyer" now.

  • @tomte47
    @tomte474 жыл бұрын

    32 kilo knots would put the Indian frigate in a solar orbit..

  • @crowdcontrol4050

    @crowdcontrol4050

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @ShamirMuhammad

    @ShamirMuhammad

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's what i thought as well. LOL

  • @PeterJurasek

    @PeterJurasek

    4 жыл бұрын

    now we know how tsunami's are created :D

  • @fadlya.rahman4113

    @fadlya.rahman4113

    4 жыл бұрын

    Must've use ghee as fuel. It was a substance from the gods.

  • @thanhvinhnguyento7069

    @thanhvinhnguyento7069

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe in the future that'd happen

  • @kyah117
    @kyah1174 жыл бұрын

    Watched the entire video. Did not understand the difference between Frigate and destroyer.

  • @vanessashalom2775

    @vanessashalom2775

    4 жыл бұрын

    Simple:Frigate is smaller than destroyer?

  • @abdielabraar910

    @abdielabraar910

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its not about ship spec anymore right now but more political. Destroyers sound so offensive and heavy frigate sound more calm

  • @keeganfox1864

    @keeganfox1864

    4 жыл бұрын

    It really comes down to what role the ship is built for, as in the video it said frigates are generally relegated to ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) While destroyers are more focused on defense of carrier strike groups for the few navies that have destroyers and carriers

  • @Tanknuggets217

    @Tanknuggets217

    4 жыл бұрын

    Frigates are escorts class ships while destroying a air defense class shis

  • @MrFlatage

    @MrFlatage

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@keeganfox1864 Build for all roles? ;-)

  • @derekrohan9619
    @derekrohan96194 жыл бұрын

    “War ships are a key part of navy surface fleets”. Well yeah they are the navy surface fleet haha

  • @maximusy8311

    @maximusy8311

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is kinda underrated.

  • @SamirKhan-yy5gy

    @SamirKhan-yy5gy

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are other ships though; assault ships; mine hunters; and aircraft carriers for example

  • @jacksonmcintyre3653

    @jacksonmcintyre3653

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SamirKhan-yy5gy those are still considered warships. Exceptions would be hospital shops, and merchant marines.

  • @SamirKhan-yy5gy

    @SamirKhan-yy5gy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jacksonmcintyre3653 yeah you're right mate thanks I realised that a while later cheers

  • @rietol

    @rietol

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not all of em surfaced Some of the surface ship goes to the bottom of the sea

  • @Taojas
    @Taojas3 жыл бұрын

    "Helm, take us to 30 Kilo Nuts!" "Captain, we canna give her anymore, we'll blow the warp core!"

  • @Platinum_Squid

    @Platinum_Squid

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can’t even imagine the bow wave produced buy going 30,000 knots.

  • @janegerrard1073
    @janegerrard10734 жыл бұрын

    Ther term Destroyer was adopted after the invention of the torpedo and was originally a torpedo equipped vessel capable of sinking a larger capital ship, typically Battleships (originally Battle Ship Of The Line) which could previously only be killed by a similarly powerful gun equipped vessel, the original term was Torpedo Boat Destroyer. When submarines came along they incorporated an ASW role as well. Frigate is a renaming of Destroyer Escort, a similar but smaller vessel primarily designed for fleet defense. So the major difference was offensive vs defensive primary role. Modern navies have fudged the difference with a mix of technologies and general multi-role capability making it all a bit academic hence differentiation by size and significant overlap between different nations.

  • @jacksagephoenix
    @jacksagephoenix4 жыл бұрын

    So, a couple notes: A "knot" is not a "kilo-not," it's just a knot. It's one nautical mile per hour. "Mk" is an abbreviation for "mark," it's not an acronym. "Mk 57" is "mark 57." Next time get someone with at least a passing familiarity with sailing and military terminology to voice your video.

  • @GB-vn1tf

    @GB-vn1tf

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't think he even understands what the differance between a Friggate or a Destroyer so not much chance he knows more than what he looked up on Google! Just don't ask him what a Crusier is.......; ;-)

  • @waltdixknee2645

    @waltdixknee2645

    3 жыл бұрын

    And...one knot per hour? 1.2 land mph or so? I'm used to Piper Cadet. Learning.

  • @jacksagephoenix

    @jacksagephoenix

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@waltdixknee2645 yeah, a knot can be a term of distance or speed depending on context

  • @adrianbooth438
    @adrianbooth4384 жыл бұрын

    TL;DR: A destroyer is a bit bigger than a frigate and therefore can generate more energy and carry more powerful radar and more munitions. Destroyers typically protect carrier groups while frigates protect larger vessels in shipping lanes.

  • @checkerbene

    @checkerbene

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. That dude doesn't know how to do this shit.

  • @folkestender2025

    @folkestender2025

    4 жыл бұрын

    That used to be the case. The new German F 180 class frigates will weigh over 9000 tons and will be equipped as multi-purpose combat ships. That means that according to the old classification this frigates would actually already be light cruisers and bigger then destroyers. You can no longer rely on the classification of a warship today. The classification of all warships no longer corresponds to reality. I think it's time to come up with new terms.

  • @adrianbooth438

    @adrianbooth438

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@folkestender2025 Thank you Folke for that interesting information! (I was only summarising what the video itself said)

  • @jxckedgell3821

    @jxckedgell3821

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am immune it Ur smartness

  • @folkestender2025

    @folkestender2025

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Nick Fehring Basically, the terms cruiser and frigate are relics from the sailing ship era. The name destroyer comes from the 1st World War. In the beginning they were called torpedo boat destroyers. They were invented to fight the fast torpedo boats that hid behind your own heavy battleships and cruisers to quickly break your own line and attack enemy battleship lines. The newly invented destroyers should prevent that, because the heavy armament of the battleships and cruisers were not suitable to fight fast moving small targets.

  • @harosokman
    @harosokman4 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, 32 kilo-knots, or 59,264 kilometres per hour. Pretty Quick ship.

  • @tsilgero

    @tsilgero

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ship is literally in space

  • @lunapetunia3778

    @lunapetunia3778

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @juangallego714

    @juangallego714

    3 жыл бұрын

    59,264 kilometres per hour = 48.37759 Mach. To go to the Moon, Apollo 11 flew at 40233.51329 kilometers per hour = 32.84288 Mach

  • @ragnarlothbrok7973

    @ragnarlothbrok7973

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@juangallego714 u must be math professor

  • @randymarine
    @randymarine4 жыл бұрын

    "Kilo Knots" Been to sea for years...new one on me Semper Fi

  • @cielweiss8288

    @cielweiss8288

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair you wouldn’t be seeing her on the high seas if she was moving in kilo knots, maybe around the moons of Saturn though

  • @angusmcintosh1857
    @angusmcintosh18573 жыл бұрын

    Interesting topic, but you lost all credibility when you said “kilonots” ...many times

  • @garygreen7552
    @garygreen75523 жыл бұрын

    In the 1960's - and 1970's the U.S.Navy built several classes of guided missile frigates which were later reclassified as guided missile cruisers. They were about 550 feet long. I wonder if the Zumwalts will someday be reclassified as cruisers.

  • @Sid-bd5pt
    @Sid-bd5pt4 жыл бұрын

    Shivaik class are next gen stealth frigate having a displacement equivalent to a destroyer . However they are considered as Frigate due to armament qty.

  • @mississippirebel1409

    @mississippirebel1409

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yet the Shivaik class frigate isn't close to being as capable or stealthy as the the US Zimwalt class. It's displacement is still not that of a destroyer. The Shivaik class would be considered a VERY small destroyer if was but that is why it's a frigate and not a destroyer. A modern frigate will normally weigh anywhere from 3,500 to 6,000 tons. Destroyers normall weigh anywere from 7,000 to 11,000 tons. I believe the Sliviak class friaget weighs around 6,000 tons, which is big for a frigate but still not that close to being considered a destroyer

  • @Sid-bd5pt

    @Sid-bd5pt

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mississippirebel1409 Basically a light Destroyer or heavy frigate. It's not that stealthy as zumwalt ,it's obvious but stealth comparable with ships of it's class including some Western ones.

  • @MrFlatage

    @MrFlatage

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Sid-bd5pt Why my 7yo called Avengers assemble and beat Captain Kirk easily. Was quite obvious he had no stealth.

  • @pieterveenders9793

    @pieterveenders9793

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MrFlatage You don't make any sense. Can you try again, but this time in clear English?

  • @MrFlatage

    @MrFlatage

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pieterveenders9793 Haha so quote me word for word where you don't see clear English? www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg1000/Pages/bio1-1August2013-20December2016.aspx All in clear English. If you cannot actually comprehend English yet you may need to be educated. In your next comment we will see no clear English quoted or you will have just ... talked out your rear end not making any sense. ;-)

  • @georget3345
    @georget33453 жыл бұрын

    When you try to hit 10 but after 8 you don't know what else to say so you just put some music and call it a day

  • @sam16rockstar92

    @sam16rockstar92

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what I was thinking.

  • @livefreeordietrying7242
    @livefreeordietrying72424 жыл бұрын

    DANG,THE U.S.A ZUMWALT LOOKS LIKE ITS AS SHARP AS A SCALPEL,SLICING,OR GLIDING THROUGH THAT WATER👍☠☠🦅🇺🇸

  • @michelkohlenberger437

    @michelkohlenberger437

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why are you typing with Capslock?

  • @bubibolz

    @bubibolz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michelkohlenberger437 i feel like i was getting yelled at

  • @livefreeordietrying7242

    @livefreeordietrying7242

    4 жыл бұрын

    WHAT??YOU. @ Michel Kohlenberger DONT THINK THE ZUMWALT DESERVES CAPS??WELL IN MY BOOK IT DOSE.🇺🇸🦅

  • @michelkohlenberger437

    @michelkohlenberger437

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@livefreeordietrying7242 Gesundheit.

  • @nabilzuhair192

    @nabilzuhair192

    4 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a reverse u-boat model, modernization style

  • @hampter1279
    @hampter12794 жыл бұрын

    xd he had one slip with the “kilonot” thing, and got dunked on by the comments, can we just appreciate how this is not another robo voice?

  • @mikestone6078

    @mikestone6078

    4 жыл бұрын

    Seeing as this is a simple reading of an actually credible article, I'd rather take the link to that and read it myself. Just imagine someone making a video about fast cars and saying 'milos per hundred' instead of miles per hour. It's not some minor error. It's breaking the video, because it becomes painfully obvious that the narrator has NO CLUE what he's talking about. If there was any genuine commentary (which fortunately isn't the case, but if you don't know that it's a ripoff from an article somebody spent working hours creating, you wouldn't know) it would be by someone for whom the description amateur (in the field this is about) would be a grave overstatement.

  • @ChuckTruitt

    @ChuckTruitt

    4 жыл бұрын

    If they are going to make these videos, just seems right that they should know what they are talking about!!! Seems like, anyhow!

  • @skizzik121

    @skizzik121

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mikestone6078 what's a milo?

  • @SerTempleton

    @SerTempleton

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂 Robovoices are the worst

  • @hampter1279

    @hampter1279

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mikestone6078 bro I forgot I posted this. Anyway dude if it gets Nader your skin THAT much just go somewhere else. It’s not as big a deal as the people who are making it out to be seem. I mean it doesn’t take to much effort to realize the measurement he was implying

  • @georgemichaels2880
    @georgemichaels28804 жыл бұрын

    Man you'll get to the moon in 8 hours at those speeds.

  • @royalteluis623
    @royalteluis6233 жыл бұрын

    Germany: builds Battleship Also Germany: it’s a frigate

  • @tonechild5929
    @tonechild59294 жыл бұрын

    I go by video games. From smallest/lightest to biggest/baddest -> corvette -> frigate -> destroyer -> cruiser -> battleship -> batlecruiser -> dreadnought -> carrier -> supercarrier

  • @dylanhall7681

    @dylanhall7681

    3 жыл бұрын

    a battleship is bigger than a battlecruiser and a dreadnought

  • @manishprasadbhatta8854
    @manishprasadbhatta88542 жыл бұрын

    Destroyers are heavily armed but frigates have sophisticated technologies like lasers, electromagnetic pulse, and ballastic missiles.

  • @zinussan50
    @zinussan503 жыл бұрын

    Basically both have similar fire power. But frigates tend to be defensive approach. While destroyers is offensive. As i heard from local Navy Official, he said "you dont go to someone house with gun in hand(destroyer). But nobody offended if you keep the gun in holster, & still respect you as a guest(frigates)"

  • @chrismc410

    @chrismc410

    3 жыл бұрын

    Explain Carriers and their groups. They pretty much come to your figurative porch, namely your coast with at least two guns: its Air Wing and destroyers way off with the houses coordinates programmed into their missiles, hatches open and ready to go at the word. That's not including the SSNs with cruise missiles in vertical launch tubes ready to go. Leaving the big girls out of it like Cruisers, SSGNs and SSBNs

  • @zinussan50

    @zinussan50

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@chrismc410 that is why Fleet Carrier Group tend to be offensive in some country. Thanks for info.

  • @seamusharrison1314
    @seamusharrison13143 жыл бұрын

    Three minutes in and no discussion of what are the differences. Just lists of countries that have and don’t have. For a 10 minute video he wastes a lot of time

  • @user-he1rn5uu5w
    @user-he1rn5uu5w4 жыл бұрын

    1:24 Me as a Taiwanese: Wait, WUT!?

  • @sce2aux464

    @sce2aux464

    3 жыл бұрын

    You have the only active Balao-class submarine now. The ROCS Hai Pao used to be the USS Tusk...and it was built in 1945.

  • @breadhellabreadmilkcereala5390
    @breadhellabreadmilkcereala53903 жыл бұрын

    As a badger from Russia once said ‘frigates just exist to DIE’

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard17094 жыл бұрын

    The blending of missions calls for, IMO, a revamping of warship terminology. 'Destroyers' now have the size and capability of cruisers, as well as fulfilling historical cruiser roles and should be so designated, while frigates are now filling the destroyer roles, and can be redesignated destroyers OR, drop the destroyer term altogether--as some navies have already done.

  • @johnconlon9652

    @johnconlon9652

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Frigate" is in the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) and was used for small, fast ships principally for reconnaissance, communication and commerce protection; not ships of the line. "Destroyers" were more powerfully armed being "Torpedo Boat Destroyers" in the late 19th century to defend battleships. Surprise surprise, the US was trying to build ships bigger than the Royal Navy, but were trumped (sic) by the Imperial Japanese Navy in almost every department apart from numbers. What a waste of money and resources. And lives.

  • @Nerval-kg9sm

    @Nerval-kg9sm

    Жыл бұрын

    The meaning of the terms varies between navies.

  • @Nerval-kg9sm

    @Nerval-kg9sm

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnconlon9652 American Frigates in the Cold War were primarily tasked with anti-submarine warfare. Also, you use "sic" when quoting what someone else says, when there's some peculiarity or error it. Your use of the term makes no sense.

  • @johnconlon9652

    @johnconlon9652

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Nerval-kg9sm Trump and trumped - geddit? Perhaps you don't know the usage.

  • @Mornomgir
    @Mornomgir3 жыл бұрын

    good vid. its also awesome that we have a frigate that can do mach 2.

  • @bukiyouneko9863
    @bukiyouneko98634 жыл бұрын

    I tried researching this subject as well and found that there were some large Frigates and small Destroyers that utterly smear the line of distinction between the two. Then they have Corvettes which are not considered Frigates despite their size, it's very confusing.

  • @johnconlon9652

    @johnconlon9652

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Fletcher class US destroyers of WW11 were more like light cruisers. Early Corvettes little more than trawlers with a couple of small guns and a few depth charges; almost useless. With Radar, Sonar, "Huff/Duff"and "Hedgehog" care of the Brits, they were quite nasty.

  • @Just-Steve
    @Just-Steve4 жыл бұрын

    "Frigate vs Destroyer" Thumbnail is a LCS... 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @beijingkoala4
    @beijingkoala44 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, you lost me too when you said kilo knots lol

  • @Oligg97
    @Oligg974 жыл бұрын

    So basicly destroyer sounds more scary than frigate

  • @av8-cbs329
    @av8-cbs3294 жыл бұрын

    what the eff is a killa knot ? sounds like something a really good boy scout would be proud of

  • @krzysztofkrajewski260
    @krzysztofkrajewski260 Жыл бұрын

    anyone know what song playing from 00:03?

  • @blexyyt7586
    @blexyyt75863 жыл бұрын

    The call of duty back ground music lol ❤️‼️

  • @Canhan167
    @Canhan1674 жыл бұрын

    Kiloknot?

  • @ph11p3540

    @ph11p3540

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think he's talking about Imperial star destroyers when moving in real space.

  • @kashiramgautam1182

    @kashiramgautam1182

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ph11p3540 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nice

  • @papayne
    @papayne4 жыл бұрын

    The difference is that a destroyer is a multi-role warship that can operate independently ; a frigate screens high value units like a carrier and its role is primarily ASW.

  • @SpamSucker

    @SpamSucker

    4 жыл бұрын

    Patrick Payne shouldn’t we just call it straight and say the frigate is more expendable than the destroyer, then?

  • @Reginleivch
    @Reginleivch4 жыл бұрын

    Frigate vs Destroyer, thumbnail Cruiser 😐

  • @natozilla2425

    @natozilla2425

    4 жыл бұрын

    LCS lol

  • @Reginleivch

    @Reginleivch

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @Sepu1tra

    @Sepu1tra

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thumbnail is not a cruiser, it's an LCS which is more similar to a Corvette.

  • @Reginleivch

    @Reginleivch

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah Its Littoral Combat Ship

  • @edwardv1219
    @edwardv12193 жыл бұрын

    The picture used for the video thumbnail is a US independence class LCS. The American LCS class ship is neither a destroyer nor a frigate. If you must classify it, the nearest thing to most navies is a corvette. The last true frigate the US had was the Oliver Hazard Perry class and it was almost twice as big. The upcoming FFGX class is over twice as big and of course destroyers are even larger.

  • @terrydouglas5008
    @terrydouglas50083 жыл бұрын

    US classifies their largest surface ship as a Destroyer. US Zumwalts are 50% larger than it's Cruisers. The US Arleigh Burke Destroyers are almost the same size as the Ticonderoga Cruisers.

  • @Camolicious223
    @Camolicious2234 жыл бұрын

    The navy uses cruisers for carrier group air defense ships, destroyers are a secondary/backup for this role.

  • @ekscalybur

    @ekscalybur

    3 жыл бұрын

    They used to do that. Destroyers are a primary fleet defense ship now, and have been for at least a generation. The US Navy only operates enough cruisers for each of it's carrier groups to have 1 or 2, while having over 60 destroyers in service. There are also no plans to begin developing a replacement for the current cruiser in USN service.

  • @icarus_falling
    @icarus_falling3 жыл бұрын

    Whats the ship 25 seconds in? Looks like a type 23 frigate but its not flying the union jack. Perhaps its a type 23 that has been sold...

  • @Wongwanchungwongjumbo
    @Wongwanchungwongjumbo Жыл бұрын

    The 1982 Real Naval Battle of Falklands 🇫🇰 Islands demonstrate clearly that Low Flying Argentina Atrack Aircraft armed with Bombs and feared Exocet Anti ship Missile that Sank 2 British Modern Type 42 Destroyers, HMS Coventry and Hms Sheffield which was sunk byv1 Exocet Anti ship Missile fired by 1 Argentine Etandard Fighter. The Other British Destroyer ,HMS Coventry was hit by 2 Bombs on her port side, Capsize and sank into San Carlos waters. The Argentine A4 Skyhawk Fighter Bomber Aircraft attack and Sank 2 British Type 21 Amazon Frigates, HMS Antelope and HMS Devonshire besides 2 Supply Ships too.

  • @CaptainAwesomeVlog
    @CaptainAwesomeVlog3 жыл бұрын

    Around 3:30 you state the difference relates to electrical systems and space for missile launch tubes. The terms frigate and destroyer predate both such things. Ship classifications changed many times over the years as different people and panels of experts decided to change ship rates and definitions and such.

  • @3260matt
    @3260matt4 жыл бұрын

    I thought a frigate carries some sort of AirPower but a destroyer only carries missiles. That’s for the USCG not having missiles but lots of fire power with just heavy rounds and helicopters with drop boats or zodiacs. It’s literally in the name destroyer. But yes to other comments still didn’t give the answer on the main difference. I like how people forget about USCG those guys are scary AF they have a wing in the pentagon just remember that.

  • @pryxisjr3536
    @pryxisjr35364 жыл бұрын

    Lol the “Kilo-knot”

  • @MoA-Reload...
    @MoA-Reload...4 жыл бұрын

    Kilo knot?! 😂 Oh dear

  • @josephzanes7334
    @josephzanes73343 жыл бұрын

    Arent Destroyers just a specialized Frigate - designed specifically fir hunting and killing submarine? I kinda get that impression

  • @karll.masoner6918
    @karll.masoner69184 жыл бұрын

    This went down the rabbit hole in a hurry. The guy doesn’t know a nautical mile from a statute mile. The whole premise of the video is based on ethereal nomenclature. Every country in the world has a different set of military objectives and a unique vision of national pride. In accordance with those factors they define their ship’s classifications so that they will appear to have the most robust fleet possible without being ludicrous. Almost any excuse can be used to “upgrade” a ship from one class to another. Consider the Cold War era when overnight while at sea my ship, USS Sterret DLG 31 instantly became CG31and its entire class shifted from frigates to cruisers at the same instant. I felt no shift in the force. We didn’t even have to paint anything. The only department that felt a change was the ships office which probably had to order more white out to paint over those typos as they habitually typed DLG instead of the newly correct CG. It was a way to make our navy seem more powerful without spending any money. We did get the Harpoon anti ship missile system shortly after this, but that was used as retroactive justification for the class upgrade.

  • @keurikeuri7851
    @keurikeuri78513 жыл бұрын

    USS Samuel B. Roberts, "The destroyer escort that fought like a battleship"

  • @Riazor1370
    @Riazor13703 жыл бұрын

    In the sail ages fregat are second class warship behimd the main battle line. They smaller but more agile and fast. Destroyer were born in the steam and iron clad era developed from earlier torpedo boat, the need for fast, long range small warship enable to destroy enemy's battleship and escort duty. Modern fregat are born in WW2 in need for defense the cargo convoys from U boats and E boats.

  • @SAMX4949
    @SAMX49493 жыл бұрын

    No mention of the Brahmos? Cool.

  • @abdielabraar910
    @abdielabraar9104 жыл бұрын

    Its not about ship spec and size anymore, but political. Destroyers sound so offensive and heavy frigate are more calm

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM4 жыл бұрын

    I'd rather stick to Civilization V's classification. A frigate is a ship mostly used during 18th and 19th century, a predominant ship in the fleet of the powerful nations of the time. A destroyer is a modern ship, used to protect carriers and defend against submarines. A frigate was smaller than a ship of the line, and so is the destroyer smaller than a Battleship. PS: this has not been taken from the Civilopedia, but you can google it for a possibly better explanation.

  • @peepopalaber
    @peepopalaber4 жыл бұрын

    A destroyer can be a frigate, but a frigate can also inherit other roles.

  • @Wongwanchungwongjumbo
    @Wongwanchungwongjumbo Жыл бұрын

    All these Warships are still Vulnerable to Enemy Anti ship Missile , Aircraft Attack and Submarine Attacks.

  • @carisi2k11
    @carisi2k114 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure about other nations but the RAN's future hunter frigate seems to be more capable of multiple types of missions whereas the Hobart destroyer is more purpose built for it's task.

  • @pieterveenders9793

    @pieterveenders9793

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's actually very common these days, especially among European navies who have been through a lot of ever increasing budget costs sinds the end of the cold war, and therefor the few ships they did have had to be able to fulfill a lot of different roles simultaneously. That has resulted in multi-capable frigates bristling with the latest radars and other electronic equipment, and many types of different offensives weapons, but it also increased the unit cost of those frigates exponentially, with many of such ships costing 2-2,5x as much as most frigates, around half a billion per ship.

  • @dragonxx444
    @dragonxx4443 жыл бұрын

    No mention of the French Fremm class frigates. Those are more than capable of area air defence.

  • @MattUK36
    @MattUK364 жыл бұрын

    Spain's F100 and F110, best of both worlds

  • @nickvinsable3798
    @nickvinsable37984 жыл бұрын

    Much like Russia’s guided tank munitions, I’ve heard rumors that the U.S. is designing a new class of Battleship that is intended to provide fire support for aircraft carriers & such…

  • @marseldagistani1989

    @marseldagistani1989

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's called arsenal ship

  • @nickvinsable3798

    @nickvinsable3798

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, they’re calling it something else that is more Patriotic, marsel dagistani. Aside from one key feature, its still a battleship because it forces more on the artillery method of firing its ordinance…

  • @TheMtotheArvin
    @TheMtotheArvin4 жыл бұрын

    Nice video footage but bad explaining. The Knot thing is an amature mistake, should not hapen in a video like this. And in the end i learned not whats the diffrence between thos ships

  • @nikdegdelyian1834
    @nikdegdelyian18343 жыл бұрын

    Allow me to disagree, Destroyer are mainly produced by US and are made for open ocean/sea battles, their main difference with frigates are 1, rounds of fire, more amunition storage, 2, autonomy frigates on the other hand, are designed for archipelagos, and shore defence, consider that the new Bellhara frigate, Greek modify has 48 missile launchers, fire same time, length 136 meter a number that many destroyers would envy, but firng rounds are limited, for that is designed to cooperate with other 9 smaller ships, with 12 to 14 launcer each. that makes loses to cost less. consider a battle among a Zumwalt, and 3 small missile lancher ships, control by a frigate, km away. that is the difference, in a full scale war.

  • @sebastianbratu1502
    @sebastianbratu15023 жыл бұрын

    What abbout the corvette?

  • @ohmysoul397
    @ohmysoul3973 жыл бұрын

    Its funny that a 70 year old battle ship has a higher top speed than a lot of modern destroyers and weighs like 45000 tons more

  • @chrisoliver6690
    @chrisoliver66903 жыл бұрын

    Lynx is now out of service, replaced by the Wildcat.

  • @lordmustafa3309
    @lordmustafa33093 жыл бұрын

    So what is the difference between them?

  • @no-middragunov1911
    @no-middragunov19114 жыл бұрын

    Well, he did convert it into KM/H. 😅

  • @GrayLensman51
    @GrayLensman513 жыл бұрын

    I always thought that U.S classification difference was based on frigates have 1 screw and destroyers having 2 screws

  • @Orange_390
    @Orange_3903 жыл бұрын

    The ship in the thumbnail looks pretty great. Which ship is it?

  • @KillerofWestoids

    @KillerofWestoids

    3 жыл бұрын

    US navy littoral combat ships.

  • @grantt1589
    @grantt15894 жыл бұрын

    Are there any crusers left in service

  • @shao1423

    @shao1423

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, if you go to the wiki page for cruiser, there is a tab of cruisers in service or under construction.

  • @Cris-xy2gi
    @Cris-xy2gi3 жыл бұрын

    Like all military channels, they just stop talking at a random point in the video and just show slips of stuff until the 10 minute mark lol

  • @jonlee312
    @jonlee312 Жыл бұрын

    song name?

  • @nayanmipun6784
    @nayanmipun67844 жыл бұрын

    Yes economic costs Matters, mining other planets would be good

  • @stevebenson1802
    @stevebenson18024 жыл бұрын

    Do you tie you shoes in knots or nots? The 'k' is silent and not an SI prefix. A knot (when it comes to nautical speed) is one nautical mile per hour, about 15% faster than 1 mph.

  • @altarush
    @altarush Жыл бұрын

    What is theatrical defense ?

  • @codmilsim7117
    @codmilsim71174 жыл бұрын

    Me: I am scared of no man but that thing (friget) It scares me

  • @alohatigers1199
    @alohatigers11993 жыл бұрын

    Destroyers destroy. So they are bigger, right? For bigger targets, right? So the smaller boats protects them, right?

  • @markcalla4966
    @markcalla49663 жыл бұрын

    Oh I like them both

  • @Crymeth
    @Crymeth4 жыл бұрын

    I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure the US has no more active Frigates. The last being the "Oliver Hazard Perry" class and all 51 have been decommissioned. I may be wrong but thats what my simple search and my friend who is a officer in the navy told me.

  • @John-if9ig

    @John-if9ig

    4 жыл бұрын

    you are both correct and incorrect the USS Constitution is a frigate and is a commissioned ship. So more correctly it would be that there are no modern frigates in the US Navy

  • @smokersnationpot100
    @smokersnationpot1003 жыл бұрын

    What's the difference between strike group and battle group

  • @modilald1328
    @modilald13284 жыл бұрын

    A Frigate & Destroyer are basically escorts to Aircraft Carriers

  • @Freedom2x462
    @Freedom2x4624 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see what is effect of those guns mounted in frigates and destroyers! How do they kill a ship?

  • @damonstewart70

    @damonstewart70

    4 жыл бұрын

    They kill jets and helicopter

  • @dageogaming4478
    @dageogaming44784 жыл бұрын

    2:47 there ya go

  • @rocketremity9571
    @rocketremity95714 жыл бұрын

    And what about cruisers?? What is the difference from these two

  • @hudsondonnell444
    @hudsondonnell4443 жыл бұрын

    What is a kill a not?

  • @snakmm6403
    @snakmm64034 жыл бұрын

    i really like military tech

  • @montecorbit8280
    @montecorbit82804 жыл бұрын

    You DO realise that 30 "kilo-knots" is more than 150% escape velocity, don't you?? Try calculating how a ship will stay in the water at 30,000 knots while the water and even the ship's hull vaporize due to friction. Other than one of the stupidest mistakes I have heard....it was a good video. Please pull it, fix it, and re-issue it so I can pay more attention to the last part....I couldn't concentrate after that.

  • @jeffreypepps2110
    @jeffreypepps21104 жыл бұрын

    when I see the ship, it reminds me of "Cars 2" xD

  • @brendanvaughan4011

    @brendanvaughan4011

    3 жыл бұрын

    .....what?

  • @mississippirebel1409
    @mississippirebel14094 жыл бұрын

    The US Navy is still the only navy in the world to operate cruisers (22 to be exact). A cruiser is slightly larger and can carry more firepower than a destroyer.

  • @archiecroft7114

    @archiecroft7114

    4 жыл бұрын

    Russia has cruisers but the USA has the most

  • @esalalomani7618

    @esalalomani7618

    4 жыл бұрын

    archie croft Russia are still modernising some of their cruisers.

  • @grantt1589
    @grantt15894 жыл бұрын

    If I become a billionaire I will probably buy a frigate

  • @skizzik121

    @skizzik121

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah, get a destroyer they are having more kilo nots!

  • @kirati
    @kirati4 жыл бұрын

    Well explained! I still don't understand the difference.

  • @kaustubhponkshe6186
    @kaustubhponkshe61863 жыл бұрын

    What is your opinion on Indian Navy !

  • @ryanfreudenthal5707
    @ryanfreudenthal57074 жыл бұрын

    Yo the navy only has one frigate. Uss constitution. And it’s a museum. Building new ones now tho

  • @danielsummers4891
    @danielsummers48913 жыл бұрын

    This video seems to be a straight rip off of an article on Naval-Technology.com titled "Frigate vs Destroyer: What is the Difference between the Two Warships?", written by Talal Husseini. You can also tell that they didn't really put any effort into the actual content because they mistake the shorthand for Knots (kn) that's used in the article as "kilo-nots", a term that doesn't actually exist.

  • @fmartino100
    @fmartino1003 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry, I can't decide, can I get one of each?....

  • @hammerfaust9686
    @hammerfaust96864 жыл бұрын

    Such a new video with no comparison to the german frigate F-222 "Baden-Württemberg"? What a pity!

  • @glastonbury4304
    @glastonbury43044 жыл бұрын

    Love the Daring Class, but so many look the same and are as capable as each other, I think it's down more to who is Manning these ships now, rather than which ship is better...

  • @ekscalybur

    @ekscalybur

    3 жыл бұрын

    Funnily enough, that has generally always been the case. The fitness, discipline and skill of the crew is the most important factor in a combat ship. Case in point would be the Chinese Navy. Yeah, they have a carrier and something they claim is a blue water navy. It'll be a generation, at the very least, before that is a threat to anything that isn't directly off the coast of mainland China. Organizational experience can only be gained by the passage of time and use, and they have none.

  • @glastonbury4304

    @glastonbury4304

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ekscalybur ... Good point 👍

  • @ploptart4649
    @ploptart46493 жыл бұрын

    I'll just use two terms interchangeably.

  • @adofoi30
    @adofoi302 жыл бұрын

    WoW 30,000 knots!

  • @FT86TT
    @FT86TT4 жыл бұрын

    Watched Greyhound?

  • @chronicandironic8701
    @chronicandironic87014 жыл бұрын

    Is it me or do frigates nowadays are like WW2 destroyers and nowadays destroyers function like light cruisers in ww2