Editing Frigate (section)

== Former operators ==
* {{navy|Cuba}} decommissioned its last true frigates, the {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|2}} in 1998.
* {{navy|Dominican Republic}} decommissioned its last {{sclass2|River|frigate|2}} in 1998.
* {{navy|Ethiopia}} lost its entire fleet, including two {{sclass2|Petya|frigate|2}}s and the training frigate [[USS Orca (AVP-49)|''Ethiopia'']], following the independence of Eritrea in 1991.
* {{navy|Estonia}} decommissioned [[EML Admiral Pitka|EML ''Admiral Pitka'']] in 2013.
* {{naval|Finland}} decommissioned its last {{sclass2|Riga|frigate|2}} in 1985.
* {{navy|East Germany}} decommissioned all three {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|2}}s upon [[German Reunification]] in 1990.
* {{naval|Iraq}} lost its only operational frigate [[Iraqi frigate Ibn Khaldun|''Ibn Khaldoum'']] which was sunk in 2003.
* {{navy|Israel}} decommissioned its last {{sclass2|River|frigate|2}} in 1959.
* {{naval|Mexico}} decommissioned all three [[Allende-class frigate|''Allende''-class frigates]] in 2016.
* {{navy|Montenegro}} decommissioned both its [[Kotor-class frigate|''Kotor''-class frigate]]s in 2019.
* {{navy|Serbia and Montenegro}} transferred its two {{sclass|Kotor|frigate|2}}s to [[Montenegro]] upon their independence in 2006.
* {{naval|Sweden}} decommissioned its last two [[Visby-class destroyer|''Visby''-class frigates]] in 1982, following defense reviews.
* {{naval|Syria}} decommissioned its last {{sclass2|Petya|frigate|2}} in 2018.
* {{navy|Ukraine}} operated a single {{sclass2|Krivak|frigate|2}} ''[[Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaidachny|Hetman Sahaidachny]]'' which was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in 2022.
* {{naval|United States}} decommissioned its last {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|2}} in 2015.
* {{naval|Uruguay}} decommissioned its last {{sclass|João Belo|frigate|2}} in 2022.
* {{naval|South Vietnam}} transferred its six remaining [[Casco-class cutter|''Trần Quang Khải''-class frigates]] to the Philippines following the [[Fall of Saigon]] in 1975. The seventh ship was captured by North Vietnam and recommissioned into the [[Vietnam People's Navy]].