HMS Aetna (or HMS Etna) was the mercantile Success launched in 1803 at Littlehampton. The Admiralty purchased her in 1803 for conversion into a Royal... 15 KB (1,314 words) - 18:03, 5 April 2024 |
of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna (historically spelled Ætna) or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna: HMS Aetna (1691) was an 8-gun fireship launched... 2 KB (415 words) - 14:05, 22 October 2021 |
Her fate is unknown. HMS Meteor (1855) was an Aetna-class ironclad floating battery launched in 1855 and broken up in 1861. HMS Meteor (1914) was an Thornycroft... 2 KB (341 words) - 15:39, 31 March 2024 |
trade in enslaved people before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1803 and renamed her HMS Thunder. Thunder served in the Mediterranean and the Baltic; among... 17 KB (2,063 words) - 06:08, 6 April 2024 |
HMS Dictator was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 January 1783 at Limehouse. She was converted into a troopship in... 10 KB (1,021 words) - 06:47, 21 July 2023 |
HMS Heron was originally the merchant vessel Jason, launched at Newcastle in 1803, that the Admiralty purchased in 1804 for the Royal Navy for use as... 16 KB (1,695 words) - 18:03, 5 April 2024 |
HMS Hydra launched in 1797 was a fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. From 1813 to 1817 she served as a troopship. She was sold in 1820. She was built... 14 KB (1,583 words) - 07:18, 25 July 2023 |
HMS Nymphe was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 April 1812 at Woolwich Dockyard, and commissioned later that month. She was... 9 KB (970 words) - 19:35, 28 August 2023 |
May 1778, he was given command of the bomb vessel HMS Aetna at that time and of the second-rate HMS Prince George the following year. Promoted to captain... 4 KB (221 words) - 12:13, 26 August 2023 |