Name Vénus Builder St. Malo Armament 32 guns | Namesake Venus Type Frigate Launched 1780 | |
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Fate Ran aground, 5 August 1781 | ||
The Vénus was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.
She was launched in Saint-Malo in 1780. Her main duties were escorting convoys between Île de Ré, Nantes and Brest. In this capacity, she captured a British privateer on 16 June.
She was wrecked on 5 August 1781 near Glénan Islands, off Concarneau, when she ran aground due to a navigation error of the pilot. The crew was saved, but in spite of efforts to refloat her, she became a total loss.
Her guns were found in 1978, and are now on display in Concarneau.
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