1
: a warship ranking in the old sailing navies next below a frigate
2
: a highly maneuverable armed escort ship that is smaller than a destroyer
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Iran has sent a stealth missile corvette and a patrol ship, according to Iranian state media.
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Nectar Gan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
In separate raids on Crimean anchorages in February, May and June 2024, the USVs sank a corvette, a landing ship, a patrol boat and a tugboat.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The Philippines has ordered 10 vessels from South Korea's Hyundai heavy Industries, with the first—a corvette—expected to be delivered to the Southeast Asian country's navy this year.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
What To Know The Russian Pacific Fleet announced on Monday that two corvettes, the Rezky and the Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, and a fleet oiler, the Pechenga, have departed from their Far Eastern naval base in the city of Vladivostok for a long voyage.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Nectar Gan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
In separate raids on Crimean anchorages in February, May and June 2024, the USVs sank a corvette, a landing ship, a patrol boat and a tugboat.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The Philippines has ordered 10 vessels from South Korea's Hyundai heavy Industries, with the first—a corvette—expected to be delivered to the Southeast Asian country's navy this year.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
What To Know The Russian Pacific Fleet announced on Monday that two corvettes, the Rezky and the Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, and a fleet oiler, the Pechenga, have departed from their Far Eastern naval base in the city of Vladivostok for a long voyage.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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corvette
noun
cor·vette
kȯr-ˈvet 
1
: an armed naval sailing ship
2
: an armed escort ship that is small and fast
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