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In 2010, South Korea's Cheonan corvette was torpedoed -- an attack Seoul attributed to North Korea, but which Pyongyang denied.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

A small corvette, on the other hand, could be built much more quickly, Clark said, particularly if the Navy works with a foreign shipbuilder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

The Boikiy - a corvette armed with guided missiles - broadcast the fake ID code as it passed through the Channel on Saturday.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

Admiral Tributs and Admiral Panteleyev, two large Russian anti-submarine ships, conducted exercises with a frigate and a corvette of Myanmar's navy, according to Interfax news agency last week.

From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2023

It is said that it will consist of a frigate, a corvette, and a steamer, under the orders of a Rear-Admiral who has long navigated in the Pacific Ocean and the Chinese seas.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

In total, Iran’s navy has lost six of its seven frigates, its two corvettes and one of three ocean-going conventional submarines, said Alex Pape, head of the maritime team at Janes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Its maritime arm dispatched frigates and corvettes to patrol the coastal waters with little event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024

It also says China is constructing two new A56 corvettes for its own navy, and insists that the Chinese presence in Ream is not permanent, so does not count as a base.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024

For many years, Israel’s three Sa’ar 5 corvettes were its largest warships, about the size of frigates.

From Salon ● May 19, 2024

Its three lines were composed of seven iron-clads, one wooden ship of the line, five wooden frigates, two corvettes, and twelve gunboats, the last mentioned carrying six guns each.

From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn