Venus, 1799
Type: late Dutch Frigate ;
Surrendered : 1799 ;
Disposal : Condemned as a prize, but doesn't appear to have been purchased into the Service.
Notes:

28 August 1799 Venus, 24, captured by voluntary surrendering (the seamen having refused to fight against the orange flag) to a British squadron under Vice-admiral Mitchell, in the Nieueve Diep, Texel.

18 Mar 1800 Sheerness, the Navy Board have recently issued orders for the Dutch ships of war which are lying in the River Medway to be surveyed and valued. And the following ships, which were taken possession of by the British squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Mitchell, in the New Diep, in the Texel, are condemned as prizes, viz. Broederschop, of 54 guns ; Hector, of 44 guns ; Venus, of 24 guns ; Minerva, of 24 guns ; and the Drocherland store ship.