Maritime History

HMS Venus (1758)

HMS Venus (renamed HMS Heroine in 1809) was the name ship of the 36-gun Venus-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1758 and served for more than half a century until 1809. She was reduced from 36 to 32 guns in 1792. She was sold in 1822.

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• ▸HMS Ajax (1809)
• ▸1875–1876 Australia scarlet fever epidemic
• ▸Japanese warship Shōhei Maru

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