The French frigate Vénus was a 40-gun Hebe-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1806. Vénus participated in numerous naval campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The ship was captured by the British Royal Navy in 1809 and commissioned as HMS Niemen. After being returned to French control in 1814, Vénus was decommissioned and used as a training ship until being broken up in 1823. The ship's career highlighted the intense naval warfare of the era and the shifting alliances and control of ships between European powers during this tumultuous period.

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