Bendix Lasson Bille

Counter-Admiral Bendix Lasson Bille (23 November 1723 – 5 October 1784) was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy officer.

Personal Born on 23 November 1723, the son of Admiral Michael Bille and Karen Lasson, Bille married the widow of a medical doctor in Glückstadt while on extended leave there in 1762 but separated three years later. The marriage was childless.

Career Starting as a cadet in 1733, Bille was commissioned as a junior lieutenant in 1741. He served on the ship-of-the-line Oldenborg in the Danish squadron off Algiers in 1746 and three years later as a senior lieutenant in command of the galley Achilles. The commissariat noted that captain Bille was a good manager of his ship's expenses. ) in the Mediterranean during the Danish–Algerian War. On 30 January 1772 in Gibraltar harbour during a severe winter storm his ship dragged its anchor, colliding with the bow of HMS Trident before running aground. The ship was warped off when the storm subsided, with only minor damage.

In 1774 and 1775 Bille was in command of the ships laid up but ready for active service in Trosvig, Fredrikstad from where he delivered ship-of-the-line Neptunus to Copenhagen. In December 1775. He was promoted to the rank of commodore and posted to Trondheim as head of recruitment and chief pilot for Trondheim district, positions he held until his death.

In 1781 Bille achieved flag rank as counter admiral.

Death Bille died in Frederik's hospital in Copenhagen on 5 October 1784. He is buried near the entrance to the chapel of the Church of Holmen