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} |} ''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. ==Capture== ''Etna''s first commander was ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Coudre Lacoudrais. By the time of her capture off Barfleur, he had received a promotion to ''capitaine de frégate''.〔Fonds Marine, Vol. 1, pp.151 & 183.〕 In the night of 13 to 14 November 1796, ''Etna'' departed Le Havre, and was chased in the morning by and , which she tried to distance. ''Melampus'' came within range around 15:30 ''Etna'' resisted for two hours before striking her colours as joined the battle.〔Troude (1867), pp.44-45.〕 The ''London Gazette'' reported that on 13 November and drove a French navy corvette ashore near Barfleur. However the British were not able to get close enough to assure her destruction. Then ''Melampus'' and captured another corvette, which was the ''Etna''. ''Etna'' was armed with eighteen 12-pounder guns and had a crew of 137 men under the command of Citizen Joseph La Coudrais. The prisoners stated that both corvettes were carrying military and naval stores and that the corvette that had run ashore was the ''Etonnant''.〔As no French naval vessel of the time bore the name, the ship is question is probably ''Etna''s sister-ship, ''Étonnante'', of eighteen 18-pounder guns.〕 Both were new ships on their first cruise. Captain Coudre Lacoudrais was found innocent of the loss of his ship by the court-martial.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French corvette Etna (1795)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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