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

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

In 1943 he joined the Navy, where as a seaman he carried out general ship and gunnery duties on the Flower class corvette HMS Potentilla.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press showed damage to a Russian navy corvette moored off Kerch.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Nevertheless it so chanced that a British steamer, the corvette Barracouta, hove in sight on the 1st of August and captured the vessel, making the Russians prisoners of war.

From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de