Watercolour portrait of Bien-Aimé, by
François Roux, commissioned by
Willaumez
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Bien-Aimé |
Ordered | 1769 or March 1770 [1] |
Builder | Lorient [1] |
Laid down | March 1768 [1] |
Launched | 22 March 1769 [1] |
In service | November 1769 [1] |
Fate | Broken up 1785 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bien-Aimé class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1500 tonnes |
Length | 55.2 metres |
Beam | 14.1 metres |
Draught | 6.9 metres |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 74 guns: |
Bien-Aimé was a 74-gun ship of the French Navy.
Bien-Aimé was built for the French East India Company, but the French Navy purchased her while under construction. [1]
In 1777, Bien-Aimé was under Captain de Bougainville. [1] The next year, at the outbreak of the War of American Independence, she was part of the squadron under Admiral Lamotte-Picquet, and took part in the action of 2 May 1781. [1]
On 24 April 1781,Bien-Aimé departed Brest, under François Pierre Huon de Kermadec, in the squadron of Admiral Lamotte-Picquet, along with the 110-gun Invincible, the 74-gun Actif, and the 64-gun ships Alexandre, Hardi and Lion, and the frigates Sibylle and Néréide and cutters Chasseur and Levrette. [2]
Bien-Aimé was struck from the Navy lists in 1784, and broken up the year after. [1]