French ship Raisonnable (1756)

See also: HMS Raisonnable

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

Raisonnable
History
France
Name	Raisonnable
Launched	November 1756
Captured	29 May 1758, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	Raisonnable
Acquired	29 May 1758
Fate	Lost, 3 February 1762
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1326 80⁄94 bm
Length	159 ft 2 in (48.5 m) (gun deck) 129 ft 7 in (39.5 m) (keel)
Beam	43 ft 10 in (13.4 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 6.75 in (5.96 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	500
Armament	64 guns comprising: Upper deck: 28 x 12-pounder guns Lower deck: 28 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 4 x 6-pounder guns 12 × ½-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.

See also

• List of ships captured in the 18th century

References

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