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corvette Naut.|kɔːˈvɛt|
[a. F. corvette, ad. Sp. corbeta, Pg. corveta: cf. L. corbīta (navis) a slow-sailing ship of burden, f. corbis basket.
The phonetic relation between the mod. Romanic and the L. word is not clear. The corbīta is said to have been named from the basket hoisted as an ensign or signal by the Egyptian grain-ships.]
a. A flush-decked war-vessel, ship-, barque-, or brig-rigged, having one tier of guns; now, in the British navy, classed among Cruisers.
In the earlier quots. the name of a particular kind of French vessel: see esp. quot. 1711.
1636Sidney Let. in State Papers II. 436 (L.) A corvette..of Calais, which has been taken by the English. 1711Milit. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4), A Courvette, is a sort of Barco Longo, carrying a Main-Mast and a little Fore-Mast, and using both Oars and Sails. They are much us'd at Calais and Dunkirk, and serve as Tenders to Fleets. 1795Hull Advertiser 16 May 1/4 One sloop of war of 20 guns and a corvette. 1798Capt. Middleton in Naval Chron. (1799) I. 433 She proves to be Le Mondovi brig corvette. 1806A. Duncan Life Nelson 23 Captain Nelson fell in with four..frigates and a corvette. 1833Marryat P. Simple lv, He called the enemy a corvette, not specifying whether she was a brig or ship corvette. 1863P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 129 Sometimes such frigates would only cut up into bad corvettes. 1887Daily News 24 June 2/7 Her Majesty's corvette Conquest is about to sail for Honolulu. 1892Times 16 Feb., The Imperial German cruising corvette Prinzessin Wilhelm.
b. A fast naval escort vessel of 500 to 700 tons, used esp. on convoy work.
1940Jane's Fighting Ships 91/3, 56 Corvettes (originally described as patrol vessels of whaler design) were laid down in the summer of 1939. 1942Ann. Reg. 1941 119 The Minister added that 77 corvettes had been launched and delivered. 1952Ann. Reg. 1951 52 A British ship..carrying supplies for the Arab Legion in Jordan, was stopped by an Egyptian corvette. |