Venus (1805 ship)

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For other ships with the same name, see Venus (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameVenus
NamesakeVenus
Acquired1805 by purchase of a prize
FateLast listed in 1812
General characteristics
Tons burthen140 (bm)
Armament4 × 3–pounder guns + 2 × 9 & 2 × 12–pounder carronades

Venus was a French prize of the same name that between 1805 and 1811 belonged to Daniel Bennett & Son.[1] She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1805.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1805 Colman D.Bennet London–Southern Fishery LR
1812 Colman D.Bennet London–Southern Fishery LR

Two sources identify Venus as a whaler,[1][3] but Bennett's failure to update her listing in LR or the Register of Shipping has made it impossible to trace her voyages in the ship arrival and departure data in Lloyd's List.

Venus was last listed in 1812.

Possible origin[]

Venus may have been the French privateer Venus, of Nantz, that the East Indiaman Union had captured on 22 August 1804.

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Stanbury et al. (2015), App.7.
  2. ^ LR (1805), Supple. pages "V", Seq.No.V14.
  3. ^ Clayton (2014), p. 240.

References

  • Clayton, Jane M (2014). Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775–1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Berforts Group. ISBN 9781908616524.
  • Stanbury, Myra; Henderson, Kandy-Jane; Derrien, Bernard; Bigourdan, Nicolas; Le Touze, Evelyne (2015). "Chapter 18: Epilogue". In Stanbury, Myra (ed.). The Mermaid Atoll Shipwreck: A Mysterious Early 19th-century Loss. Fremantle, WA: Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology and the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. pp. 235–290. ISBN 9781876465094.
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