page_title: Corvette
section_title: Museum ships
hierarchical_section_title: Corvette / Museum ships
caption_attribution_description: Español: Corbeta Uruguay Armada de la República Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
context_page_description: A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper 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 modern types of ship below a corvette are coastal patrol craft, missile boat and fast attack craft. In modern terms, a corvette is typically between 500 tons and 2,000 tons, although recent designs may approach 3,000 tons, which might instead be considered a small frigate.
  The word "corvette" is first found in Middle French, a diminutive of the Dutch word corf, meaning a "basket", from the Latin corbis.
  The rank "corvette captain", equivalent in many navies to "lieutenant commander", derives from the name of this type of ship. The rank is the most junior of three "captain" ranks in several European and South American navies, because a corvette, as the smallest class of rated warship, was traditionally the smallest class of vessel entitled to a commander of a "captain" rank.
context_section_description: ARA Uruguay, 1874 steam and sail barque, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  HMAS Castlemaine, 1941 Bathurst-class corvette, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
  HMCS Sackville, 1941 Flower-class corvette, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  HMAS Whyalla, 1941 Bathurst-class corvette, Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
  Karjala, 1968 Turunmaa-class corvette, Turku, Finland
  Hiddensee, 1984 Tarantul-class missile corvette, Fall River, Massachusetts, US
  HTMS Maeklong in Samut Prakan Province, Thailand.
  ROKS Pohang (PCC-756), a Pohang-class corvette in Pohang, South Korea.
caption: ARA Uruguay, an Argentine corvette from 1874, has been a museum ship in Buenos Aires since 1967
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