corvette
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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
In 1939, a Royal Navy corvette due to be named HMS Pansy became HMS Heartsease just before it was launched.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 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
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.
