HMS Aetna

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Aetna" or HMS "Etna", after the volcano Etna:

*HMS|Aetna|1691|6 was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1691 and captured by the French in 1697.
*HMS|Aetna|1739|6 was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and sold in 1746.
*HMS|Etna|1756|6 was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1756. She was converted into a sloop later that year and was sold in 1763.
*HMS|Etna|1771|6 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.
*HMS|Aetna|1776|6 was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1776 and broken up in 1784.
*HMS|Etna|1796|6 was a 20-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1796. She was renamed HMS "Cormorant" in 1797 and was wrecked in 1800.
*HMS|Aetna|1803|6 was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1803 and sold in 1816.
*HMS|Aetna|1824|6 was a 6-gun bomb vessel launched in 1824. She was converted to a survey ship in 1826 and was sold in 1846.
*HMS|Aetna|1854|6 was a 16-gun screw floating battery. She was laid down in 1854, but caught fire and launched herself in 1855. She was broken up on the riverbank.
*HMS|Aetna|1856|6 was a 16-gun screw floating battery launched in 1856. She was used for harbour service from 1866, was burnt out in 1873 and broken up in 1874.

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