French ship Raisonnable

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

File:'Raisonnable' (1758) RMG J3127.png Raisonnable
History
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
Name	Raisonnable
Launched	November 1756
Captured	29 May 1758, by Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name	Raisonnable
Acquired	29 May 1758
Fate	Lost, 3 February 1762
General characteristics
Class & 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 × 12-pounder guns Lower deck: 28 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 4 × 6-pounder guns 12 × 1⁄2-pdr swivel guns

File:Vaisseau de 64 canons vu par Nicolas Ozanne vers 1764.jpg

An image of French ship Raisonnable (1755)

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. 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