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Le Bien Aimé

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Nominal Guns12BWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1760BWAS-1714
Home PortDunkerque - Flanders BG
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSnowBG
Sailing RigSnowBWAS-1714
Captured26.5.1760BG

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBG
Burthen160French Tonneaux157.619 

Armament


26.5.1760Broadside Weight = 57.5 French Livre (62.054 lbs 28.1466 kg)BG
Gun Deck12 French 9-Pounder
Gun Deck14 French Swivel

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
26.5.1760112 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
26.5.1760Taken by
Thames (32) 1758-1793
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
fifty Leagues to the Westward of Tory Island, after a chace of 11 hours
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty-Office. October 11 , 1760.

An account is received from Capt. Colby, of His Majesty's Ship the Thames, that on the 26th of last month, 50 leagues to the Westward of Tory Island, he, took the Bien Ajmee, a French Privateer Snow, belonging to Dunkirk, of 160 Tons, 12 9-pounders guns, 14 swivels, arid 112 men, after a chace of 11 hours.



 
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