corvette
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AFP journalists near the Simon's Town base saw the Russian-flagged corvette vessel pull into False Bay.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 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
HMS Albans was also involved in a three-day operation to monitor the Russian Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoikiy earlier this month, the navy said.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 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
Four boats were at the sides of the corvette, and into these went down the expectant boarders, for the crisis was at hand.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.
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
Soon the two corvettes were docked at Ream - and either they, or identical replacements, have stayed there for most of this year.
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
On the 26th January two corvettes arrived at Conception.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
