HMS Aetna

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna after the volcano Etna.

  • The first Aetna was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1691.
  • The second Aetna was an 8-gun fire ship purchased in 1739.
  • The third Aetna was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1776.
  • The fourth Aetna was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1803. She served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, fighting at Copenhagen, the Basque Roads, and Baltimore. She was sold in 1816.
  • The fifth Aetna, launched in 1824, was a 6-gun bomb vessel converted to a survey ship in 1826 and sold in 1846.
  • The sixth Aetna was a 16-gun floating battery launched in 1856 and burned in 1873.

  • HMS Etna.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
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