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Visby-class corvette
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Visby-class corvette

The Visby class comprises five Swedish composite-hulled corvettes for surface warfare, submarine warfare, mine countermeasures and patrol, with Sea Ceptor air defence being integrated through modernisation.

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IranPro

Shahid Soleimani-class corvette

An Iranian class of four aluminium catamaran missile corvettes built for the IRGC Navy, combining vertical-launch cells, anti-ship missiles, fast boats and a helicopter deck on a 600-tonne hull.

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IranPro

Moudge-class frigate

Iran's Moudge class is a family of domestically built light frigates, officially designated as destroyers by Tehran, that combined anti-ship missiles, short-range air defense and helicopter facilities on a roughly 1,500-tonne hull.

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ChinaPro

Type 056 Jiangdao

The Type 056 Jiangdao is China's mass-produced light corvette, built for coastal patrol, escort and anti-submarine warfare and adapted for coast-guard and export service.

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RussiaPro

Vasily Bykov-class patrol ship (Project 22160)

Russia's Project 22160 is a modular offshore patrol-ship class built for maritime security and endurance, but its Black Sea service exposed weak air defense and vulnerability to Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels.

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RussiaPro

Karakurt-class

Russia's small, stealthy "missiles-with-a-hull" corvette — an 860-ton Project 22800 ship that carries eight Kalibr or Oniks cruise missiles, the more seaworthy sibling of the Buyan-M. Cheap, heavily armed, and a recurring Ukrainian target.

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RussiaPro

Buyan-M

Russia's small, shallow-draft Kalibr-armed missile corvette — a ~950-tonne hull that can transit inland rivers between fleets and lob land-attack cruise missiles 1,500 km. It fired the first combat Kalibr at Syria in 2015 and has been a principal platform for strikes on Ukraine.

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IsraelPro

Sa'ar 6 Magen

The Sa'ar 6 Magen class consists of four multi-mission corvettes built for the Israeli Navy to defend offshore gas fields and shipping lanes, armed with Barak-8 area-defense missiles and the shipborne C-Dome point-defense system, and recently employed in long-range strikes against the Houthis.

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RussiaPro

Steregushchiy

Russia's principal modern multirole corvette family — compact littoral combatants evolved from a simple anti-surface/ASW design into a Kalibr-carrying strike platform, forming the coastal backbone of the Baltic, Northern, and Pacific Fleets.