French ship Raisonnable (1756)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Raisonnable and HMS Raisonnable.

Raisonnable
History
France
Name	Raisonnable
Launched	1755
Captured	29 May 1758, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	Raisonnable
Acquired	29 May 1758
Fate	Lost, 1762
General characteristics
Class and type	64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1327 tons (1348.3 tonnes)
Length	159 ft 2 in (48.51 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 10.5 in (14.9 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 6+3⁄4 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	64 guns of various weights of shot

Raisonnable was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 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, and commissioned in the Royal Navy as the third rate HMS Raisonnable. She was lost off Martinique on 3 February 1762.

See also

• List of ships captured in the 18th century
• Glossary of nautical terms

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.