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  • noun Plural form of corvette.

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Examples

  • - four patrol corvettes from the German Frigate Consortium, to replace the present ageing strike crafts;

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • A few tries at k 2:11 yielded nothing except some technical gibberish, a book on Russian submarines, another on World War II ships called corvettes.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • A few tries at k 2:11 yielded nothing except some technical gibberish, a book on Russian submarines, another on World War II ships called corvettes.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • A few tries at k 2:11 yielded nothing except some technical gibberish, a book on Russian submarines, another on World War II ships called corvettes.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Rob Huebert of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary said the corvettes are a good step, but they cannot be the only solution for the Arctic.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Rob Huebert of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary said the corvettes are a good step, but they cannot be the only solution for the Arctic.

    Arctic patrol vessels for the Navy? 2007

  • The decision to purchase the corvettes was the result of a long process of consultation and transformation whereby defence in South

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • We see no military or moral justification to warrant the expenditure which would be incurred if the government were to go ahead with major military purchases, such as corvettes and submarines, for example.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Parliament last week gave the SANDF the green light to purchase new equipment such as corvettes and submarines for the navy.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Parliament last month gave the SA National Defence Force permission to purchase new equipment such as corvettes, submarines and aircraft.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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