French frigate Vénus (1782)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Vénus.

File:HMS Amelia(1796).jpg Proserpine, sister-ship of Vénus
Career (France)
Name:	Vénus
Namesake:	Venus
Builder:	Brest
Laid down:	November 1781
Launched:	14 July 1782
Commissioned:	October 1782
Fate:	wrecked on 31 December 1788 in the Indian Ocean
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hébé class frigate
Displacement:	700 tonnes
Length:	46.3 metres
Beam:	11.9 metres
Draught:	5.5 metres
Complement:	297
Armament:	26 long 18-pounder 8 long 8-pounders
Armour:	Timber

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. She served in Martinique during the American War of Independence.

From 1785 to 1788, Vénus undertook a scientific expedition in the Indian Ocean, under captain de Rossily.

Vénus was wrecked in a storm on her way back to France, on 31 December 1788

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.