>When the term frigate (also sloop and
>corvette) were revived in WWII, they were intended as anti-submarine
>platforms for convoys crossing the atlantic (the old convoy escort
>role) while commerce raiding becanme primarily a submarine task Really? I'm no WWII expert, but the German navy used AFAIK Panzerschiffe for commerce raiding in the south Atlantic.
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