The RMN( Royal Malaysian Navy) and other countries navy usually have offshore patrol boats as the smallest vessels in their fleet. It is usually not heavily armed, but is armed with machine guns and a small cannon at the bow. It sometimes also has a landing deck at the stern. This is a German boat that has similar design of a RMN patrol boat. And a US Coast Guard patrol boat.
And the US Navy's USS Firebolt
Next we'll have corvettes. They are vessels that are bigger than patrol boats ( 500 tons ) but smaller than frigates ( 2000+ tons ). It's main purpose is to safeguard the country's waters from pirates or unwanted visitors. It's armed with a small cannon at the bow, missles and anti-aircraft. Some even have sea to surface missles. It also has a landing deck at the stern. THe following is a Singaporean corvette the RSS Vengeance.
And this is the RMN's Laksamana class corvette KD LAksamana Tun Amin.
And finally the biggest surface ship in the RMN fleet and perhaps the smallest in the US Navy, the frigate. A typical frigate's job is to protect the country's waters by providing reasonable firepower. A frigate is usually armed with a cannon in the bow, anti-aircaft missles and cannons and also sea to surface missles. It also has a landing deck at the stern. THe following is a older version frigate of RMN, Kasturi class frigate from RMN. One from the Republic of Singapore Navy and one from the US navy. (respectively)
RMN's KD Hang Tuah,
The newer Kasturi class frigate, KD Kasturi
(Didn't put the newer Lekiu class frigates because the photos are not that pretty)
The Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Intrepid
The US Navy's USS Brooke
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