French ship Vénus
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Sixteen ships of the French Navy
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
  • Vénus
    French 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.
  • Vénus
    French 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 frigate
    Hébé class frigate
    The 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...

  • Vénus
    French 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
  • Vénus
    French 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 frigate
    Junon class frigate
    The 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
  • Vénus
    French 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 submarine
    Daphne class submarine
    The 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:...


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