French frigate Vénus (1782)
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Proserpine, sister-ship of Vénus
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| 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 |
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| Class & type: | Hébé-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Complement: | 297 |
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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
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