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<span class="c7">        1. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a small sailing warship carried 18 or fewer guns with a single continuous gundeck.       </span><br/>
<span class="c7">        2. In the 18th and 19th centuries, any sailing warship bearing fewer than 20 guns.       </span><br/>
<span class="c7">        3. In the 19th-century US Navy, the term was used for the type of sailing warship known in other navies as a corvette.       </span><br/>
<span class="c7">        4. In the early and mid-20th century, a small oceangoing warship not intended for fleet deployments, and used instead for convoy escort, gunboat duties, etc.       </span>