Maritime History

French corvette Etna (1795)

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.

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See also

• ▸Chitlapakkam Lake
• ▸Alert, Nunavut
• ▸HMS Prince of Wales (53)

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