French corvette Etna (1795)

	Royal Navy plan of Etna as taken off in 1796, prior to being fitted as a 20-gun sixth-rate post-ship
History
France
Name	Etna
Builder	André-François and Joseph-Augustin Normand, Honfleur
Laid down	June 1794
Launched	April 1795
Captured	November 1796
Great Britain
Name	HMS Aetna
Acquired	November 1796 by capture
Commissioned	May 1797
Renamed	HMS Cormorant in 1797
Fate	Wrecked 15 May 1800
General characteristics
Tons burthen	564 40⁄94 (bm)
Length	119 ft 4 in (36.4 m) (overall); 98 ft 2+1⁄2 in (29.9 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 10+1⁄2 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 9+1⁄2 in (4.5 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	155 (British establishment)
Armament	French service: 16, or 18 × 18-pounder long guns,z; British service:; 18 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades (initially);; 18 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder bow chasers (later);

Etna was a French naval Etna-class ship-sloop launched in 1795 that the Royal Navy captured in November 1796. She was taken into service as HMS Aetna and renamed to HMS Cormorant the next year. She captured several merchant vessels and privateers before she was wrecked in 1800 off the coast of Egypt.

^ Winfield (2008), p. 232.
^ Barrey (1907), pp. 57–8.
^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 172.
^ Roche (2005), p. 185.
^ Troude (1867), pp. 44–45.

[FOOTNOTEWinfield2008232-1] Winfield (2008), p. 232.

[FOOTNOTEBarrey190757–8-2] Barrey (1907), pp. 57–8.

[FOOTNOTEWinfieldRoberts2015172-3] Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 172.

[FOOTNOTERoche2005185-4] Roche (2005), p. 185.

[FOOTNOTETroude186744–45-5] Troude (1867), pp. 44–45.

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History
Royal Navy plan of Etna as taken off in 1796, prior to being fitted as a 20-gun sixth-rate post-ship
France
Name	Etna
Builder	André-François and Joseph-Augustin Normand, Honfleur
Laid down	June 1794
Launched	April 1795
Captured	November 1796
Great Britain
Name	HMS Aetna
Acquired	November 1796 by capture
Commissioned	May 1797
Renamed	HMS Cormorant in 1797
Fate	Wrecked 15 May 1800
General characteristics ^[1]
Tons burthen	564 40⁄94 (bm)
Length	119 ft 4 in (36.4 m) (overall); 98 ft 2+1⁄2 in (29.9 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 10+1⁄2 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 9+1⁄2 in (4.5 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	155 (British establishment)
Armament	French service: 16,^[2]^[3] or 18 × 18-pounder long guns,z^[4]^[5] British service: 18 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades (initially); 18 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder bow chasers (later)