French ship Vénus
Introduction 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
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