French ship Vénus

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
• French frigate Vénus (1780), a 32-gun frigate, lead ship of .
• French frigate Vénus (1782), a Hébé-class frigate
• French corvette Vénus (1794), a 26-gun corvette
• , a captured 20-gun Dutch corvette
• , a captured Venetian galley
• , a fluyt
• French frigate Vénus (1808), a Junon-class frigate
• , a captured 20-gun Dutch corvette
• , a 52-gun frigate, lead ship of .
• , a steam frigate, lead ship of .
• , an armed cargo ship
• , an armed cargo ship
• French submarine Vénus (1935), a Minerve-class submarine
• (1966), a Daphné-class submarine

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[]

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