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A corvette is a small, manoeuvrable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigatecoastal patrol craft or Fast Attack Craft (500 or less tons)[1], although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. During the Age of Sail, corvettes were smaller than frigates and larger than sloops-of-war, usually with a single gun deck. Although almost all modern navies use ships smaller than frigates for coastal duty, not all of them use the term corvette (from the French corvair) or equivalent. The rank Corvette Captain (2000+ tons) and larger than a derives from the name of this type of ship.