Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. When referring to sailing ships, a corvette is a ship-rigged sloop. Almost all modern navies use ships smaller than frigates for coastal duty, but not all of them use the term "corvette." See also: Chevrolet Corvette, Navy This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.