sloops

• HMS Black Swan was the first of the “Black Swan” class of anti-submarine sloops, a tough and fast 2,000-tonner, designed specifically for ocean escort duty. —  Grey Wolf, Grey Sea
• On the 22nd April the two sloops were at Longreach to take in their guns and gunners' stores; twelve carriage guns and twelve swivel musketoons for the Resolution, and ten carriage guns and ten swivels for the Adventure. —  The Life of Captain James Cook
• Gaff-rigged sloops are the boatyard's new boat sailing plan. —  Vineyard Gazette - Top Stories
• Another class of ship-sloops or corvettes were fitted out for sea while Sir Joseph Yorke was First Lord of the Admiralty, having a flush-deck, and carrying 18 32-pounder carronades and two long nines. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• There are many others--sloops, gunboats, transports, despatch-boats, coal ships, hospital-ships, etcetera, which need not be more than mentioned. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900

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