corvette

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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

AFP journalists near the Simon's Town base saw the Russian-flagged corvette vessel pull into False Bay.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

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

Sloop′-of-war, formerly a vessel, of whatever rig, between a corvette and a gun-vessel, constituting the command of a commander, carrying from ten to eighteen guns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various