French Privateer 'La Bien Aimée' (1694)

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Robert DillonBritish
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4th Rate Ship of the Line
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(1758)
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(1749)
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(1778)
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La Bien Aimée
Nominal Guns	8	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1694	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1695	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen50French Tonneaux48.95

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1694 - 1695ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
169460 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1694 - 9.1694Capitaine de Corsaireref:10101694 - 1695Capitaine de Corsaireref:1010

Service History

DateEventSource
1694

Took under Captain Butler the ships "Thomas François" and "Noblet Marguerite" .

ref:692
1694

Took under Captain Buisson the ships "Joseph" , "Fleur de Mer" , "Providence" , "Orange" , "Jean Daniel , "Fidélité" and "Industrie" .

ref:692
18.8.1694Took the Merchantman near the Coast of Ireland at 16 lieues of Dublin .ref:1010
14.6.1695Took the Merchantman by Lat 52 ' North of Irelandref:1010

Notes on Ship

Ownerref:692

Kennedy for Captain Buisson

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1010Administration, Document

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Thursday 18th of June 2026 16:59	Jon Miller	Robert DillonBritish Merchant Sailor Service 1770-1771
Thursday 18th of June 2026 16:51	Jon Miller	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Chatham' (1758) (50) 1758-1814 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1810 Renamed "Tilbury"
Thursday 18th of June 2026 16:49	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate ship 'Fowey' (1749) (24) 1749-1781 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship
Thursday 18th of June 2026 16:47	Jon Miller	British fireship 'Lucifer' (1778) (8) 1778-1783 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship 1779 Renamed "Avenger"
Thursday 18th of June 2026 14:09	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Cygnet' (1776) (14) 1776-1802 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

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