corvettes
- plural of corvette.
Example Sentences
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The new fleet would comprise a number of large warships outfitted with more powerful long-range missiles, along with smaller ships such as corvettes, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Its maritime arm dispatched frigates and corvettes to patrol the coastal waters with little event.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
It also says China is constructing two new A56 corvettes for its own navy, and insists that the Chinese presence in Ream is not permanent, so does not count as a base.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024
For many years, Israel’s three Sa’ar 5 corvettes were its largest warships, about the size of frigates.
From Salon • May 19, 2024
D'Urville next steered for Conception, and very arduous was the voyage there, for, in spite of every precaution, the crews of both corvettes, especially that of the Zel�e, were attacked with scurvy.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
