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Gunboat

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For the boxer, see Gunboat Smith. For the video game, see Gunboat (video game).
Not to be confused with Gunship.
"Canonnière" redirects here. For the French frigate, see French frigate Minerve (1794).
A Bramble-class 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.