C-class corvette

C class corvette is a name sometimes used unofficially[1] to describe vessels of two closely related classes of corvettes of the Victorian Royal Navy.

References

  1. Noel, G. H. "A Practical Measurement of the Comparative Fighting Efficiency of Ships of War", Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, Vol. XXVI, p. 10 (London:1885); 1889 Statement in the House of Commons by the First Lord of the Admiralty; 1893 Statement in House of Commons by U. Kay-Shuttleworth, MP; and Hunter, Mark C. "HMS Calypso: Locating the Newfoundland Royal Naval reserve drill ship, 1900-22", The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History, 28:1 (2006) pp. 38-39 (quoting 1900 letter from commodore of Newfoundland Division of RN on proposed use of "C-class" ships).
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