HMS Aetna (original) (raw)
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna (historically spelled Ætna) or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna: * was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1691 and captured by the French in 1697. * was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and sold in 1746. * was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1756. She was converted into a sloop later that year and was sold in 1763. * was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1771. She was renamed HMS Scorpion and converted into a sloop later that year and was sold in 1780. * was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1776 and broken up in 1784. * HMS Aetna (or Etna) was a French 20-gun Etna-class corvette that HMS Melampus and HMS Childers captured from the French in 1796. The Royal Navy rated her as a sixth rate and renamed her HMS Cormorant in 1797; she w