Wind jet stream. As a natural force, the wind was often personified as one or more wind gods or as an expression of the supernatural in many cultures. Vayu is the Hindu God of Wind. The Greek wind gods include Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus. Aeolus, in varying interpretations the ruler or keeper of the four winds, has also been described as Astraeus, the god of dusk who fathered the four winds with Eos, goddess of dawn. The ancient Greeks also observed the seasonal change of the winds, as evidenced by the Tower of the Winds in Athens. Venti are the
HMS Boreas (1774) station. Horatio Nelson (who was created 1st Viscount Nelson 1801) was Senior Naval Officer of the Leeward Islands from 1784 to 1787 on the Boreas. The Boreas was used as a slop ship from 1797 until its breakup. HMS Boreas (1774) HMS "Boreas" was a modified sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in August 1775 under Captain Charles Thompson. On 31 August 1779 "Boreas", under the command of Captain Charles Thompson, captured the French corvette "Compas", of eighteen 6-pounder guns, which was carrying a cargo of sugar. "Compas", which was armed "en flute", put up resistance