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The Corvette HMCS Halifax, photographed in 1943. This type of small naval vessel was used for escort and patrol by the Royal Navy during World War II.
| Small-armed vessel, such as those escorting convoys in World War II. The term, now obsolete, was revived from sailing days. |
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