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''Bienfaisant'' was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1754. She was captured by the Royal Navy on the night of 25 July 1758 during a cutting out expedition ordered by Admiral Edward Boscawen during the 1758 Siege of Louisbourg. ''Bienfaisant'' and the 74-gun ''Prudent'' were the last remaining ships of the line of the French squadron in Louisbourg harbour. ''Prudent'' was aground and so was burnt but ''Bienfaisant'' was successfully cut out by men commanded by Commander George Balfour, of . The action was decisive moment of the siege as the fortress surrendered the next day. ==British Service== The captured ''Bienfaisant'' was commissioned as the third rate HMS ''Bienfaisant''.〔Ships of the Old Navy, ''Aetna''.〕〔Ships of the Old Navy, ''Bienfaisant''.〕 She took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780 and the capture of the ''Comte de Artois'' off Ireland in August. She participated, under the command of Captain Braithwaite, in the 1781 Battle of Dogger Bank with reduced armament on her lower deck as the last ship in the line. ''Bienfaisant'' was broken up in 1814. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Bienfaisant (1758)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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