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Saturday, 4 October 2014

Austrian frigate Venere grounded off Syria according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 4 October 1841

An item reported that the Austrian frigate Venere grounded on distance of 5 miles from Cape Carmel, Syria and was forced to threw her guns over board to refloat again.(1)

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1. Oak-built, laid down at Venice in 1813, transferred from Italy to Austria in 1814, building continued in 1825, launched on 12 June 1832, renamed Venus in 1849, sold to be broken up in 1872, dimensions 47,0 x 11,9 metres, a measurement of 1.070-1,570 tons, an armament of 12-50 gunsand a crew numbering 140-320 men.