French ship Vénus explained

Many ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vénus in honour of the Roman goddess of love Venus:

• , a 16-gun frigate
• , a 26-gun frigate
• , a 32-gun frigate, lead ship of her class.
• , a
• , a 26-gun corvette
• , a captured 20-gun Dutch corvette
• , a captured Venetian galley
• , a fluyt
• , a
• , a captured 20-gun Dutch corvette
• , a 52-gun frigate, lead ship of her class.
• , a steam frigate, lead ship of her class.
• , an armed cargo ship
• , an armed cargo ship
• , a
• (1966), a

also:

• , a trawler requisitioned 1914-1919 and 1940-1940
• , a fishing vessel requisitioned 1918-1919
• , a trawler requisitioned 1914-1919 and, as Vénus II (AD76), 1939-1940
• , a trawler requisitioned 1914-1916
• , a trawler requisitioned 1915-1919

Sources and references

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la Flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2013. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la Flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-3-7. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 2.
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