corvette
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Robert Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine's unmanned systems, said on Telegram that the corvette Boikiy was struck.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
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
This week, the U.K. navy closely followed a Russian naval corvette and an oil tanker as the duo sailed through British waters toward the North Sea, according to the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
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
The presence of Christian missionaries at various periods, as also the visit of the Danish corvette Galatea in 1847, had already almost entirely disappeared from their memory.
