Jean-Marie de Villeneuve Cillart was a French Navy officer.
[4] From then on, Surveillante was attached to the Ternay's squadron as part of a frigate division Cillart,[2] with his flag on Surveillante, and also comprising Amazone and Hermione,[5] which had been at Boston since 27 April already.
[1] On 5 June 1781, as Surveillante was arriving at Saint-Domingue from America, she encountered the 48-gun frigate HMS Ulysses.
[7][1] On 24 October 1781, after the Siege of Yorktown, Surveillante brought Gontaut de Lauzun to France to bring the news of the victory.
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