The "Etna" class was a class of six 16 or 18-gun corvettes with a flat hull, designed by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait and his pupil Charles-Henri Tellier.
The "Etna" class was a class of six 16 or 18-gun corvettes with a flat hull, designed by Joseph Augustin Normand. Winfield gives the names of the designers as Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait and his pupil Charles-Henri Tellier.