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Originally Posted by Mercedez L.  That's the problem to get an Original it will take tons of $$$and that if you find a real one as most out there are counterfeits or replicas. far and few and impossible to fine a genuine one and they are made of aluminium so you will be keeping that car in all the time.if you do it will cost more than a home. There's more of a market on the Collector Corvettes 63 to 67 Corvettes besides speed isn't everything that you measure these cars on. |
i will agree the the corvette is really something else
now for a little history....
A
corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed
warship, originally smaller than a
frigate and larger than a
coastal patrol craft, although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. During the
Age of Sail, corvettes were smaller than frigates and larger than
sloops-of-war, usually with a single gun deck. Almost all modern
navies use ships smaller than frigates for coastal duty, but not all of them use the term
corvette (from the French
corvair) or equivalent. The rank
Corvette Captain derives from the name of this type of ship.
Current corvette classes
Many countries today operate corvettes. Some of them include
Sweden,
Germany,
Denmark,
Italy,
South Africa,
India,
China,
Israel,
Poland,
Turkey,
Greece, and
Russia. Countries that border smaller seas, such as the
Baltic Sea or the
Persian Gulf, are more likely to build the smaller and more maneuverable corvettes. Spanish
Descubierta-class frigates, in service with
Morocco's and
Egypt's navies, are actually 1,400-t corvettes.[
citation needed]
Arguably, one of the most advanced corvettes in service today is the
Swedish Navy's
Visby class. It is the first operational warship to extensively utilize
stealth technology.
The United States is developing a
Littoral Combat Ship, which will be very similar to a corvette. The LCS is slotted to replace the
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in American service.
The new
German Braunschweig class is designed to supplement Germany's
fast attack craft and also incorporates stealth technology and land attack capabilities.
Turkey began construction on the first of twelve
Milgem class stealth corvettes in July 2005. The lead ship, named
TCG Heybeliada, is scheduled to begin
sea trials in October 2010. The design concept and mission profile of Milgem is similar to the
LCS-1 Littoral Combat Ship of the United States. The first eight ships of the
Milgem class will be classified as corvettes, while the last four will be named the
F-100 class and will be classified as
frigates. The F-100 class will be slightly larger in terms of dimensions and will be equipped with the
Mk.41 VLS and
ESSM, along with other additional systems for improved multi-role combat capabilities.
The
Hellenic Navy currently operates the
Super Vita-class ships, which are 580 tons full load. The Hellenic Navy has categorised the class as
fast attack missile craft. A similar vessel is the
Kılıç-class fast attack missile craft of the
Turkish Navy, which is classified as a corvette by
Lürssen Werft, the German designer of the ship.
The
Indonesian Navy will receive indigenously-designed corvettes, called 104 M corvettes, in 2008. The corvette may be armed with the Chinese
C-802 anti-ship missile, already installed in the locally-built FPB 57 class
fast patrol boats .
Milgem (
Ada (Turkish: Island
) class corvette /
F-100 class frigate), from the
Turkish words
Milli Gemi (National Ship), is the name of one of two
Turkish national warship programs (the other being the
TF-2000 project); the purpose of which is to build a modern littoral combat warship with indigenous capabilities, extensively using the principles of
stealth technology in its design. Construction of the first Milgem class corvette, F-511 TCG
Heybeliada, began on 26 July 2005. TCG
Heybeliada was put to sea with a ceremony on September 27, 2008 (during which the construction of F-512 TCG
Büyükada, the second Milgem class warship, also began) and is scheduled to be completed by 25 October 2010, when it will start undergoing full
sea trials before being officially commissioned. F-511 TCG
Heybeliada is expected to enter service in early 2011.
[1] A total of twelve Milgem class warships (eight
corvettes and four
frigates) will be built for the
Turkish Navy, with possible exports to other countries.
[2]
Eight of the twelve Milgem class warships will be named the
Ada class and will be classified as
corvettes, while four of them will be named the
F-100 class and will be classified as
frigates.
The F-100 class will be equipped with the Mk.41 VLS and ESSM, along with other additional systems for improved multirole combat capabilities. The
Mk.41 VLS (Vertical Launching System) is capable of firing
RIM-66 Standard,
RIM-162 ESSM and
VL ASROC missiles, and the F-100 class frigates will be used as a testing platform for the new class of four indigenous
AAW frigates of the
Turkish Navy, known as the
TF-2000 program. The experience and technological know-how gained with the Milgem project will play an important role in determining the design characteristics and the development process of the
TF-2000 class frigates, as well as the selection of the systems and equipment which will be used on these ships
Nah I'll take the plane instead and wait for you there.
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