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Sardine was a corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1771. The Royal Navy captured her at the Siege of Toulon but the French retook her when the Anglo-Spanish force retreated. The Royal Navy captured her again in 1796. She then served as HMS Sardine until the Royal Navy sold her in 1806.
After more than half a century, the category of corvette was revived during World War II to designate a smaller form of escort vessel than the existing sloops. It was thus not comparable with the pre-1887 corvettes in the Royal Navy. Two classes of wartime corvette were designed and built in considerable numbers (see separate articles):
See list of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy for the full list. ... (1770) HMS Kingfisher (1782) HMS Kingfisher (1804) L. HMS Lightning (1806)
HMS Echo was a 24-gun sixth-rate of the Royal Navy, in active service between 1758 and 1764, during the Seven Years' War.. Originally the French corvette L ' Echo, she was captured by HMS Juno in 1758 and refitted as a privateer hunter.
HMS Swallow (P242) was a Peacock-class patrol corvette launched in 1984. She was sold to the Irish Naval Service in 1988 and renamed LÉ Ciara. One small vessel of the East India Company's Bombay Marine (its naval arm), also bore the name Swallow: Swallow of 1770 was a 14-gun ketch launched in 1770 at Bombay, and lost in 1776. [2]
razeed to 20-gun corvette 1807; rebuilt as 24-gun frigate 1812 sold [3] Macedonian [11] 2nd class [11] 38: Lively-class [19] [20] 1812–1828: broken up, Norfolk ...
Another Corvette, a 1963 model C2, is in one of the best original conditions available with "48,000 original miles and never been taken apart." Another Corvette, a 1963 model C2, is in one of the ...
Corvettes of the Cold War (3 C, 44 P) V. Victorian-era corvettes (2 C, 2 P) W. World War II corvettes (5 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 27 March 2013, at 19: ...