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 (1757) Port-de-Paix. In late 1760, boats under the command of Lieutenant Millar, first lieutenant of and Lieutenant Stuart, first lieutenant of "Boreas", cut out the privateers "Vainquer" and "Mackau" from Cumberland Harbour, Cuba. The French were forced to burn another, the "Guespe", to prevent her capture. "Trent" lost three men killed and one man wounded and one man missing, and "Boreas" lost one man killed and five men wounded; French casualties are unknown. ASll the casualties occurred in taking "Vainquer" as "Mackau" did not resist. "Boreas" also lost her barge, sunk in the boarding. "Vainquer" was armed with 10 guns, 16