French Frigate Commandant Riviere Country: France Type: Frigate Service: 1962 - 1994 Ships in class: 9

The Commandant Riviere class were a group of frigates built for the French Navy and commissioned between 1962 and 1965. They were designed to perform ocean patrol in peacetime and as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) escort in wartime. All French ships were built by Arsenal de Lorient. The ships had accommodation for an 80 man commando detachment with two (25 man capacity) fast landing boats. All nine ships of Commandant Riviere class frigates were decommissioned from the French Navy by 1994; three of the frigates were sold to the Uruguayan Navy. Four similar ships were built for the Portuguese Navy as the Joao Belo class frigate.