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corvette <a corvette; corvettes> N MIL

سَفِينَةٌ حَرْبِيَّة

طَرَّادَة

طُرَّاداة

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Auxiliary ships, including corvettes, gunboats, minesweepers, patrol boats, military riverine craft, tenders and torpedo boats are usually commanded by lieutenant-commanders or lieutenants. en.wikipedia.org

Patrol and littoral warfare units include: three light frigates, six corvettes and 14 patrol vessels. en.wikipedia.org

The first designs -- protected and unprotected cruisers -- were ordered to replace the old sail and steam-powered frigates and corvettes that were of minimal combat value. en.wikipedia.org

Frigates were ships of the fifth rate; sixth rates comprised small frigates and corvettes. en.wikipedia.org

The corvettes sank the wrecked tanker with gunfire and depth charges. en.wikipedia.org

They were classified as armoured frigates, armoured corvettes and even screw corvettes. en.wikipedia.org

Initially, the escort groups consisted of two or three destroyers and half a dozen corvettes. en.wikipedia.org

These resupply efforts ranged from small individual corvettes to large battle squadrons and were under orders to avoid conflict wherever possible. en.wikipedia.org

The corvettes carried up to 40 depth charges, which were deployed by 4 throwers and 2 chutes. en.wikipedia.org

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