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
The Israeli navy, for example, already operates the Sa’ra 6-class corvette, based on the German Braunschweig-class ship, which could be adapted for the project, Clark said.
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 corvette Caroline, which was waiting outside the roads, was attached to the frigate, and soon Trieste appeared like13 a dim cloud on the distant horizon.
Two Chinese anti-submarine corvettes have docked at its port for long stretches, although US and Japanese vessels have also made port calls since the base's revamp.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The new fleet would comprise a number of large warships outfitted with more powerful long-range missiles, along with smaller ships such as corvettes, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Its maritime arm dispatched frigates and corvettes to patrol the coastal waters with little event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024
It also says China is constructing two new A56 corvettes for its own navy, and insists that the Chinese presence in Ream is not permanent, so does not count as a base.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
After he had taken the "Arequipena," an old Chilian ship of war, and burnt several transports, he attacked three Chilian corvettes in the harbor of Casma.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross
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