Venus

Survived

Royal Swedish Navy, then Imperial Russian Navy

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	40 guns
Wars	Russo-Swedish War, Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812

Service

to 1789	Venus	Sweden
from 1789	Venus Captured by the Russians	Russia

Swedish frigate, launched in 1783 and captured by the Russians in 1789; later with Senyavin's squadron in the Aegean in 1807, and sold to Naples. Frigate under the British-born Captain Robert Crown at Reval. At Vyborg Bay Crown led the frigates that chased the slower Swedish ships into open water and took several of them.

Capturing of Swedish 44-gun frigate Venus by Russian 22-gun cutter Merkuriy of June 1, 1789.label QS:Lru,"Захват катером «Меркурий» шведского фрегата «Венус» 1789 г. Худ. А. П. Боголюбов."label QS:Len,"Capturing of Swedish 44-gun frigate Venus by Russian 22-gun cutter Merkuriy of June 1, 1789." Photo: Alexey Bogolyubov, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

26 × 24-pounder guns
14 × 6-pounder guns

Builder	Karlskrona
Laid down	31 March 1783
Launched	19 July 1783
Length	128 ft (39.0 m) (p/p)
Complement	160

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

19 July 1783

Battle of Reval

Survived

13 May 1790 · Russo-Swedish War

Robert Crown

Battle of Vyborg Bay

Survived

3–4 July 1790 · Russo-Swedish War

Robert Crown, leading the frigates' pursuit

Battle of the Dardanelles

Survived

22 May 1807 · Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812

Fate

Survived

Sold to Kingdom of Naples