French Privateer fireship 'L'Etna' (1697)

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L'Etna
Nominal Guns	6	W033
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	British Fifth Rate fireship 'Aetna' (1691) (28) 1691-1697 British 28 Gun 5th Rate Fireship
Captured	19.4.1697	W033
Shipyard	Hessel Cliff - The Humber	B028
Ship Class	1690 Program Fireships (1690)	B028
Constructor	John FrameBritish Ship Owner Ship Builder Service 1699-1715	BWAS-1603
Category	Privateer	W033
Ship Type	Fireship	W033
Last known	1704	W033

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW033
Length of Keel80' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)25.984 (85′ 2″ Imperial)
Breadth23' 8"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.5426 (24′ 8″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold9' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.0856 (10′ 1″ Imperial)
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck90' 11 ¼"Imperial Feet27.4384
Length of Keel81' 3"Imperial Feet24.765
Breadth25' 7 ½"Imperial Feet7.6327
Depth in Hold9' 6"Imperial Feet2.8956
Burthen283 ⁷⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1697Broadside Weight = 12 French Livre (12.9504 lbs 5.874 kg)W033
Gun Deck6 French 4-Pounder

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

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Monday 27th of July 2026 12:36	Jon Miller	Henry BlaxtonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1767-1794
Monday 27th of July 2026 12:35	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Ambuscade' (1798) (36) 1798-1813 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1804 Renamed "Seine"
Monday 27th of July 2026 12:33	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Espiegle' (1793) (16) 1793-1802 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop
Monday 27th of July 2026 12:29	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Romulus' (1785) (36) 1785-1816 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 27th of July 2026 12:28	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Romulus' (1785) (36) 1785-1816 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

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