HMS Aetna (1803)
HMS Aetna (or HMS Etna) was the mercantile Success launched in 1803 at Littlehampton. The Admiralty purchased here in 1803 to convert her to a Royal Navy bomb vessel. Aetna participated in the second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 and the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809. Later, she participated in the attack on Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore and the bombardment of Fort Washington, Maryland in 1814, during the War of 1812. The Navy sold her in 1816 and she returned to mercantile service under her original name. She sailed to Calcutta, to Rio de Janeiro, and more locally until she was wrecked in 1823.
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HMS Aetna (1803)
HMS Aetna (or HMS Etna) was the mercantile Success launched in 1803 at Littlehampton. The Admiralty purchased here in 1803 to convert her to a Royal Navy bomb vessel. Aetna participated in the second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 and the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809. Later, she participated in the attack on Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore and the bombardment of Fort Washington, Maryland in 1814, during the War of 1812. The Navy sold her in 1816 and she returned to mercantile service under her original name. She sailed to Calcutta, to Rio de Janeiro, and more locally until she was wrecked in 1823.
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HMS Aetna (or HMS Etna) was th ...... until she was wrecked in 1823.
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Sold, 1816 and disposed inWoolwich
Wrecked 1823
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by purchase, 1803
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*8 × 24-pounder carronades
*1 × mortar
*1 × mortar
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Arundel, equally Littlehampton,
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December 1803
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United Kingdom
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Late 1815
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Sold 1803
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Sold, 1816 and disposed in Woolwich
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Wrecked 1823
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*Naval General Service Medal with clasps
**Basque Roads 1809
**The Potomac 17 Augt. 1814
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