corvette
noun
cor·vette
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Definition of corvette
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
Examples of corvette in a Sentence
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The corvette-sized vessels, from 200 to 300 feet long, will operate autonomously at sea without a single human onboard. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Navy Wants To Build a “Ghost Fleet” of Drone Warships," 14 Mar. 2019 In 2011, two Iranian warships operated by the regular navy, the corvette Arvand and supply ship Kharg, entered the Mediterranean after transiting the Suez Canal. — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, "Iran has two naval forces with separate missions and commands. This is why.," 14 June 2019 At 300 warship hulls, the PLAN is the largest navy in the world, counting aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, submarines, and amphibious assault ships. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "China Now Has More Warships Than the U.S.," 20 May 2019 That includes construction of a new naval base and a $5.4 billion deal with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA in 2016 to build new corvettes and other warships. — Jared Malsin, WSJ, "Qatar Builds Up Military, Spurred by Saudi-Led Blockade," 29 Nov. 2018 In 2010, the South Korean corvette Cheonan was ambushed and sunk by a North Korean midget sub firing a torpedo. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Iran Shows off Unusual Ship-Killing Torpedo/Missile Combination," 28 Feb. 2019 Those fleets include at least 12 corvettes (small warships) and ten submarines--including four attack submarines and six ballistic missile submarines. — Matt Sussis And Yingjie Gu, USA TODAY, "Navy’s planned shipbuilding spree overlooks looming sailor shortage," 29 June 2018 Several Chinese frigates and corvettes closely tailed our passage around Mischief, Subi and Fiery Cross Reefs. — Jonas Parello-plesner, WSJ, "The French Navy Stands Up to China," 7 June 2018 He is widely believed to have masterminded the attack on a South Korean naval corvette, the Cheonan, in 2010, leading to the deaths of 46 sailors. — Anna Fifield, Anchorage Daily News, "Top North Korean official believed to be on his way to the U.S. for meetings," 29 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corvette.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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