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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy - Definition and Overview

This is a list of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy.

Corvette classes

19th century screw corvettes

  • Jason class — 6 ships, 1859–1863
  • Juno class — 2 ships, 1867–1869
  • Eclipse class — 7 ships, 1867–1870
  • Briton class — 3 ships, 1869–1871
  • Volage class — 3 ships, 1869–1874
  • Amethyst class — 5 ships, 1873–1874
  • Bacchante class — 3 ships, 1875–1877
  • Comus class — 9 ships, 1878–1881
  • Satellite class — 7 ships, 1881–1884
  • Calypso class — 2 ships, 1883–1884

World War II corvettes

Sloop classes

19th century and World War I sloops

  • Fantome class — 6 ships, 1873–1874
  • Osprey class — 14 ships, 1876–1880
  • Dolphin class — 2 ships, 1882–1883
  • Mariner class — 6 ships, 1884–1888
  • Nymphe class — 4 ships, 1885–1888
  • Beagle class — 2 ships, 1889
  • Albert class — 2 ships, 1894
  • Phoenix class — 2 ships, 1895
  • Condor class — 6 ships, 1898–1900
  • Cadmus class — 6 ships, 1901–1903
  • Acacia class — 24 ships, 1915
  • Arabis class — 36 ships, 1915–1916
  • Aubretia class — 12 ships, 1916–1917
  • Anchusa class — 28 ships, 1917–1918

Post-World War I sloops

  • 24 class — 22 ships, 1918–1919
  • Banff class — 10 ships, ex-United States Navy cutters, 1927–1931
  • Bridgewater class — 2 ships, 1928
  • Folkestone class — 5 ships, 1930
  • Shoreham class — 8 ships, 1930–1932
  • Grimsby class — 13 ships, 1933–1940
  • Bittern class — 7 ships, 1934–1943
  • Egret class — 3 ships, 1938
  • Black Swan class — 37 ships, 1939–1945
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