French ship Raisonnable (1756)

Raisonnable was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1755.

Raisonnable
History
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
NameRaisonnable
LaunchedNovember 1756
Captured29 May 1758, by Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameRaisonnable
Acquired29 May 1758
FateLost, 3 February 1762
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1326 8094 bm
Length
  • 159 ft 2 in (48.5 m) (gun deck)
  • 129 ft 7 in (39.5 m) (keel)
Beam43 ft 10 in (13.4 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 6.75 in (5.96 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement500
Armament
  • 64 guns comprising:
  • Upper deck: 28 × 12-pounder guns
  • Lower deck: 28 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • 12 × 12-pdr swivel guns
An image of French ship Raisonnable (1755)

On 29 May 1758 she was captured in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Achilles at the action of 29 April 1758. Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1759 under Captain John Montagu, she served in the Leeward Islands until 3 February 1762 when she grounded and was wrecked on a reef off the port of Martinique.[1]

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Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield 2007, p.95

References

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  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, United Kingdom: Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.