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Version 5 supplemented the ships with mine clearance systems, helicopter landing capability, anti-surface ship missiles, and additional stealth adaptation. Visby was the first of the corvettes to be upgraded to Version 5. On 22 March 2012 FMV reported that the ship had been modified and that the system would be tested before reentering the ...
PGG-619 delivery ceremony Hsiung Feng III fired from ROCS Tuo Chiang TC-2N fired from ROCS Ta Chiang. The Tuo Chiang-class corvette (Chinese: 沱江; lit. 'Tuo River') is a Taiwanese-designed class of fast (up to 45 knots, 83 km/h, 52 mph) and stealthy multi-mission corvettes built for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy.
The C3 fourteen-year run shows an extreme contrast. The list price for the Corvette in 1968 was $4,663 (~$40,856 in 2023). By 1982 the base price had increased to $18,290 (~$48,871 in 2023). In 1968 there were six engines, two small-block V8s and four big-block V8s. By 1982 there was only one small block V8 engine available.
List of corvette classes by country during the modern era (post 1940); (see also List of frigate classes and List of frigate classes by country)
The 2020 Corvette C8 was the first Corvette to have a rear mid-engine configuration, [108] GM's first since the 1984 Pontiac Fiero. The base Stingray coupe was introduced on July 18, 2019, with three launch colors, red (with the Z51 Package), white, and blue, and the convertible on October 2 at the Kennedy Space Center , joined by the C8.R race ...
The first operational corvette based on stealth technology was the Royal Norwegian Navy's Skjold class. The Swedish Navy introduced the similarly stealthy Visby class . Finland has plans to build four multi-role corvettes, currently dubbed the Pohjanmaa class , in the 2020s as part of its navy's Project Squadron 2020.
The 2021 Corvette started production on December 8, 2020, due to extended production of the 2020 model year. [64] The 2021 model year saw production issues due to parts constraints. [65] Chevrolet also increased the base price of the Corvette by $1,000 in the middle of the 2021 model year, to $60,995. [66]
1980 Chevrolet Corvette. Emission requirements in the US state of California, which are frequently stricter than those in the rest of the country, required that all Corvettes sold there during the 1980 model year be fitted with a 180-horsepower 305 cu. in. "small-block" V8 engine with a 3-speed automatic transmission. This model of Corvette is ...