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The ''Vénus'' was a of the French Navy. She was captured in 1810 by the Royal Navy and taken into British service as HMS ''Nereide''. She was broken up in 1816. ==French service== On 10 November 1808, she departed Cherbourg, bound for Île de France, where she served as Rear-Adm Hamelin's flagship, leading a squadron also comprising the frigate ''Manche'' and the sloop ''Créole''. On the 29 and 30 December 1808, she captured and destroyed the East Indiamen ''Hiran'' and ''Albion''. On 4 November 1809, she captured the East Indiaman ''Lady Bentick'' and the American merchantman ''Samson''. She was central in the Action of 18 November 1809, where the squadron captured three armed East Indiamen, including ''Windham''. From 20 to 26 August 1810, ''Vénus '' took a minor part in the Battle of Grand Port. On 17–18 September 1810, along with the privateer corvette ''Victor'', ''Vénus '' captured the 40-gun HMS ''Ceylon'', losing her fore-mast and her topgallant masts in the process. The next day, a British squadron composed of HMS ''Boadicea'', HMS ''Otter'' and the brig HMS ''Staunch'' captured ''Vénus'' and recaptured ''Ceylon''. ''Victor'' managed to escape. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French frigate Vénus (1808)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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