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French Frigate Vénus (1806)
''Vénus'' was a 40-gun of the French Imperial 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 Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811, Île de France, where she served as Rear-Adm Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, Hamelin's flagship, leading a squadron also comprising the frigate ''French frigate Manche (1806), Manche'' and the sloop ''French brig Créole (1809), 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 Chilean ship Lautaro (1818), ''Windham''. From 20 to 26 August 1810, ''Vénus '' took a minor part in the Battle of Grand Port. On 17–18 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Of 18 September 1810
The action of 18 September 1810 was fought between frigates of the Royal Navy, British and French Imperial Navy, French navies in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars. The engagement was one of several between rival frigate squadrons contesting control of the French colony of Isle de France (Mauritius), Isle de France, from which French frigates had raided British trade routes during the war. The action came in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Grand Port, in which four British frigates had been lost, and just four days after a fifth British frigate had been captured and subsequently recaptured in the action of 13 September 1810. Due to the heavy losses suffered by the British forces, reinforcements were urgently dispatched to the area but they became individual targets for the larger French squadron blockading the British base at Réunion, Isle Bourbon. HMS Bombay (1805), HMS ''Ceylon'' had been despatched by the British authorities at Madras after the Battle of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
