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HMS Ethalion (1797)
HMS ''Ethalion'' was a 38-gun ''Artois''-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Joseph Graham of Harwich and launched on 14 March 1797.〔Grocott (2006), p.87.〕〔Winfield (2008), p.143.〕 In her brief career before she was wrecked in 1799 on the Welsh coast, she participated in a major battle and in the capture of two privateers and a rich prize.
==Service==
''Ethalion'' entered service in 1797, operating in the English Channel as part of the Channel Fleet. Soon after commissioning in April under Captain George Countess, ''Ethalion'' was engaged in chasing a French squadron under Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart intent on invading Ireland during the Rebellion of 1798. Countess kept the French fleet in sight for several days and was able to signal for assistance. This brought a significant force under John Borlase Warren to the region and the French were defeated at the Battle of Tory Island. ''Ethalion'', with ''Melampus'', took the 40-gun ''Bellone'', which the Royal Navy took into service. ''Ethalion'' had one man killed and three wounded; the French lost 20 men killed. In 1847 the Battle of Tory Island earned for any still surviving crew members the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "12th October 1798".
On 2 February 1799, ''Ethalion'' was operating with ''Anson'' when together they captured a 14-gun privateer Bayonnaise cutter. She was the ''Boulonnoise'', out of Dunkirk, and had been "greatly annoyed the trade in the North Sea".〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 1, p.434.〕 She had a crew of 70 men and had been the revenue cutter ''Swan''. ''Swan'' had been captured some two years earlier off the Isle of Wight in an action that cost the life of Captain Sarmon, her commander.〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 1, p.259.〕
On 6 March ''Ethalion'' captured the 18-gun privateer ''Infatigable'' in the Channel after a 10-hour chase. ''Infatigable'' was armed with 18 guns and had a crew of 120 men. She was only one day out of Nantes, provisioned for a four-month cruise. Later that year Captain James Young took command.〔
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