French ship Vénus
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Sixteen ships of the French Navy
have born the name Vénus in honour of the Roman goddess of love Venus
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French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have born the name Vénus in honour of the Roman goddess of love Venus
Venus (mythology)
Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex,sexual seduction and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths...
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- Vénus (1706), a 16-gun frigate
- Vénus (1724), a 26-gun frigate
- VénusFrench frigate Vénus (1780)The Vénus was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.She was launched in Saint-Malo in 1780. Her main duties were escorting convoys between Ile de Ré, Nantes and Brest. In this capacity, she captured a british privateer on 16 June....
(1780), a 32-gun frigate, lead ship of her class. - VénusFrench frigate Vénus (1782)The Vénus was an 38-gun Hébé class frigate of the French Navy.In the summer of 1782, Vénus operated as a transport between Rochefort and Île de Ré...
(1782), a Hébé class frigateHébé class frigateThe Hébé class was a class of six 38-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Jacques-Noël Sané.* HébéThe Hébé class was a class of six 38-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Jacques-Noël Sané.* Hébé... - VénusFrench corvette Vénus (1794)Vénus was a corvette of the French Navy that the British captured in 1800.French sources refer to her as a corvette of 28-guns, however in British service she was classified as a sloop...
(1794), a 26-gun corvette - Vénus (1795 ), a captured 20-gun Dutch corvette
- Vénus (1797), a captured Venitian galley
- Vénus (1799), a fluyt
- VénusFrench frigate Vénus (1808)The Vénus was a Junon class frigate of the French Navy.On 10 November 1808, she departed Cherbourg, bound for Île de France, where she served as Hamelin's flagship, leading a squadron also comprising the frigate Manche and the sloop Créole....
(1808), a Junon class frigateJunon class frigateThe Junon class was a type of three 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, built to the specifications of the Pensée, designed by Pierre Forfait.* Amazone... - Vénus (1810), a captured 20-gun Dutch corvette
- Vénus (1823), a 52-gun frigate, lead ship of her class.
- Vénus (1865), a steam frigate, lead ship of her class.
- Vénus (1914), an armed cargo
- Vénus (1918), an armed cargo
- VénusFrench submarine Vénus (1936)Vénus was a of the French Navy. On 27 November 1942 she was scuttled in Toulon with other ships and submarines to prevent falling into German hands....
(1936), a Minerve class submarine - Vénus (1966), a Daphné class submarineDaphne class submarineThe Daphné class was a type of diesel-electric patrol submarines built in France between 1958 and 1970 for the French Navy and for export.-History:...