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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):
The Tarantul class and its variants are the most widely used corvettes. A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or "rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war.
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 ...
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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: ...
Pages in category "1770s ships" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. HMS Albemarle (1779)
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 ...
Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom (3 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Victorian-era corvettes" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.