In the summer of 1782, Vénus operated as a transport between Rochefort and Île de Ré.

She served in Martinique during the American War of Independence.

From 1785 to 1788, Vénus undertook a scientific expedition in the Indian Ocean, under Captain de Rossily.

Vénus was wrecked in a storm on her way back to France, on 31 December 1788

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