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Frigate vs Corvette - What's the difference?

frigate | corvette |

Corvette is a coordinate term of frigate.



In nautical terms the difference between frigate and corvette

is that frigate is a modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose while corvette is in a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.

frigate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle.
  • (nautical) A 19th c. type of warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship.
  • (nautical) A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose.

    • Coordinate terms

    * destroyer * corvette * sloop * ship of the line * third rate * second rate * first rate * stone frigate

    Derived terms

    * frigatebird * stone frigate

    corvette

    English

    (wikipedia corvette)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (rare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
  • (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.