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gunboat
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thumb|right|300px|A gunboat, built for the Royal Navy in 1886
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- Subclass of
- naval vessel
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- William Frederick Mitchell - H.M.S. Bramble, 1st class gunboat.jpg
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- Gunboats
- topic's main category
- Category:Gunboats
- name in kana
- ほうかん
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- Pre-steam era
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- World War II
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Vietnam War
- Surviving vessels (incomplete)
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thumb|right|300px|A gunboat, built for the Royal Navy in 1886
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
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