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Gunboats

Scope note

Use for relatively small warships armed with one or more guns; such vessels are most commonly used for local defense and inland patrol, but gunboats of the late 19th and early 20th centuries could be quite substantial.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000232845

Equivalent Terms used

gunboat

Created

13yrs ago

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