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Corvette

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A small warship (roughly 500–3,000 tonnes) built for coastal defence. Despite its size a modern corvette can carry anti-ship missiles, anti-aircraft missiles and sonar.
Corvettes are popular with smaller navies because they give real combat power at a lower cost.

Well-known examples

Steregushchiy class
Steregushchiy classTungsten · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type 056
Type 056樱井千一 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Kamorta class
Kamorta classIndian Navy - Eastern Fleet · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons
Sa'ar 6
Sa'ar 6IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Gowind
GowindPetty Officer 3rd Class Ezekiel Duran · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Well-known examples — All

Steregushchiy class (Russia) Type 056 (China) Kamorta class (India) Sa'ar 6 (Israel) Gowind (France)

All models of this type (1,032)

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Visby-class corvetteVisby-class corvette HMS ChallengerHMS Challenger Sa'ar 5-class corvetteSa'ar 5-class corvette Braunschweig-class corvetteBraunschweig-class corvette Flower-class corvetteFlower-class corvette Buyan-class corvetteBuyan-class corvette Tarantul-class corvetteTarantul-class corvette Skjold-class patrol boatSkjold-class patrol boat Steregushchiy-class corvetteSteregushchiy-class corvette ROKS CheonanROKS Cheonan Grisha-class corvetteGrisha-class corvette Karakurt-class corvetteKarakurt-class corvette

Countries with the most — Corvettes

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  1. 1Russian Federation79
  2. 2China50
  3. 3United States27
  4. 4Indonesia26
  5. 5India21
  6. 6Viet Nam17
  7. 7United Arab Emirates11
  8. 8Saudi Arabia9
  9. 9Turkiye9
  10. 10Algeria8