Corvette

The United States is developing a Littoral Combat Ship, which will be very similar to a corvette. Several places are often simply called The Roxy:. It is the first operational warship to extensively utilize stealth technology, although other countries, such as Germany, Poland, Russia, and Israel, are developing similar vessels. Roxy may refer to:. Possibly the most advanced corvette today is the Swedish Navy's Visby-class corvette. A famous Disco in Cologne/Germany. Many can accomadate a small or medium ASW Helicopter. Roxy Cinema - a line of cinemas/movie theaters.

They usually are armed with medium and small caliber guns, surface-to-surface missiles, and surface-to-air missiles, and underwater warfare weapons. Roxy NYC - a famous nightclub on West 18th Street in New York City. Typical corvettes today have a displacement between 490 and 2,500 metric tons and measure 55-100 meters in length. The Roxy Theatre - a famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California. Around the same time, navies operated by smaller countries, such as the United Arab Emirates began to realize that their offshore patrol vessels were lacking the ability to defend themselves in a modern war, especially against air attacks. The Roxy - a famous nightclub in London. But since they were smaller and cheaper than frigates and destroyers, they could more effectively combat the kind of small attack craft utizilized in the attack on the USS Cole. Roxy (Quiksilver)-A brand of women's apparel by the company Quiksilver.

These ships could defend a country's assets and interests far away from its own shores, with sophisticated weapons and surveillance equipment. A brand of cigarette. After the attack on the USS Cole, modern navies began to see the importance of smaller, more maneuverable vessels that could operate close to shore, as well as at sea. An abbreviated form of the name Roxanne. Later in World War II the Royal Navy introduced the Castle class, some of which remained in service until the mid-1950s. The Indonesian town of Roxy, a suburb of Jakarta. These were officially described as Australian Mine Sweepers, or Bathurst class corvettes and were named after Australian towns. Rothapfel, a movie theater pioneer.

The Royal Australian Navy built 60 corvettes, including 20 for the Royal Navy (crewed by Australians) and 4 for the Royal Indian Navy. Samuel L. Their chief duty was to protect convoys in the North Atlantic and on the routes from the UK Murmansk carrying supplies to the Soviet Union. Roxy Music - a British rock group. The first were the Flower class (because the Royal Navy ships were named after flowers) though ships in Royal Canadian Navy service took the name of smaller Canadian cities. Roxy Jezel - a pornographic actress. Future Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, had a hand in it reviving the name "corvette".

The British naval designer William Reed drew up a small ship based on a whale catcher design which could be produced quickly in large numbers. The modern corvette appeared during World War II as an easily built patrol and convoy escort vessels. The orginal corvettes were a form of sloop-of-war. .

Almost all modern navies use ships smaller than frigates for coastal duty, but not all of them use the term corvette. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate.