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HMS Venus (1758) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Venus was a fifth
rate, 36-gun, ship. Built by Okill of Liverpool, launched 11-Mar-1758, 128ft 6in long, 36ft wide and of 722 tons builders measurement. Reduced to 32-guns Mar-1792. Renamed HMS Heroine 1809. Used for harbour service from 1817. Sold 22-Sep-1828. Won the Battle Honours: Quiberon Bay 1759, St. Lucia 1778 and First of June 1794.
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