British third rate ship of the line 'Raisonnable' (1768)

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Nominal Guns64BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1714
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1714
Ordered1762/12/04BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1765/11/25BWAS-1714
Named1763/04/30BWAS-1714
Launched1768/12/10BWAS-1714
First Commissioned1770/11
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardChatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
Ship ClassArdent ClassBWAS-1714
Designed byThomas Slade BWAS-1714
ConstructorJoseph Harris BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the Line BWAS-1714
Broken Up1815/03BWAS-1714

Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck160' 1"Imperial Feet48.7934
Length of Keel131' 6"Imperial Feet40.0812
Breadth44' 6"Imperial Feet13.5636
Depth in Hold19' 0"Imperial Feet5.7912
Draught Forward12' 1"Imperial Feet3.683
Draught Aft17' 4"Imperial Feet5.2832
Burthen1,385 11⁄94Tons BM 

Armament

1770/11Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg) BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2British 9-Pounder
1794Broadside Weight = 678 Imperial Pound ( 307.473 kg) BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2British 9-Pounder
Roundhouse6British 18-Pound Carronade
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1762500Design Complement 
Flag Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1779/051779/12CommodoreSir George CollierBWAS-1714
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1770/111771/05/15CaptainMaurice SuckingBWAS-1714
1771/05/251773/01CaptainThe Hon. Henry St JohnBWAS-1714
1773/011775/09CaptainThomas GravesBWAS-1714
1776/021778/12CaptainThomas FitzherbertBWAS-1714
1778/121780/08CaptainHenry Francis EvansBWAS-1714
1780/08/301780/12/16CaptainSir Digby DentB051
1781/051781/08CaptainSmith ChildBWAS-1714
1782/011783/08CaptainLord John Augustus HerveyBWAS-1714
1793/021794/09CaptainJames CranstounBWAS-1714
1794/091795/12CaptainRobert ParkerBWAS-1714
1795/121796CaptainCharles BoylesBWAS-1714
1803/031804/04CaptainWilliam HothamBWAS-1714
1804/041804/09CaptainCharles MalcolmBWAS-1714
1804/091805/04CaptainRobert BartonBWAS-1714
1805/041810/07CaptainJosias RowleyBWAS-1714
1810/111811CommanderFrancis DickinsonBWAS-1714
18111812/05CommanderThomas NewBWAS-1714
1812/051812/07CommanderCharles HewittBWAS-1714
1812/071814/06CaptainEdward Snyd ClayBWAS-1714
Commissioned Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1805/01/091810LieutenantRichard BluettNBD1849
Petty Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1771/04/241771/05/21MidshipmanHoratio NelsonNAO
Service History
DateEvent Source
1770/11Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1771/03/15Completed at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £32376.14.8dBWAS-1714
1771/03/15Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £2945.3.5dBWAS-1714
1771/05/15Paid offBWAS-1714
1771/05/25Recommissioned as a guard shipBWAS-1714
1775/05Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1775/09Paid offBWAS-1714
1776/02RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1776/09Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £11965.16.3dBWAS-1714
1776/12/24Took the Privateer Dalton  
1777/02Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1777/03Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £3213.10.5dBWAS-1714
1777/03/23Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
1779/05At Hampton RoadsBWAS-1714
1779/07/21In the PenobscotBWAS-1714
1779/08/14Took the Privateer Ship-Sloop Hunter  
1780/01Began operations against CharlestonBWAS-1714
1780/08Voyage homeBWAS-1714
1781/01Paid offBWAS-1714
1781/05RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1781/05Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1781/08Paid offBWAS-1714
1782/01RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1782/04In the DownsBWAS-1714
1782/04Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £17885.19.4dBWAS-1714
1782/09Sailed to the relief of GibraltarBWAS-1714
1782/10/20Present at the Battle of Cape Spartel 
1782/12/08Arrived in the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1783/08Sailed home and paid offBWAS-1714
1785/05Began large repair at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1786/04Completed large repair at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £26339.0.0dBWAS-1714
1791/06Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1791/70Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £1822.0.0dBWAS-1714
1793/01Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1793/02RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1793/04Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £5358.0.0dBWAS-1714
1794refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £7323.0.0dBWAS-1714
1796/10Began refitting at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1797/01Completed refitting at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £9124.0.0dBWAS-1714
1800/04Began making good defects at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1800/08Completed making good defects at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £12528.0.0dBWAS-1714
1801/01RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1801/03Sailed to the BalticBWAS-1714
1801/04/02Present at the Battle of Copenhagen 
1802/04Paid offBWAS-1714
1802/04Began making good defects at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1803/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1803/05Completed making good defects at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £10848.0.0dBWAS-1714
1805/07/22Present at the 3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre 
1806South American stationBWAS-1714
1807/10Returned to England and paid offBWAS-1714
1810/08Began fittingBWAS-1714
1810/11Recommissioned as a guard ship at SheernessBWAS-1714
1810/11Completed fittingBWAS-1714
1814/06Paid offBWAS-1714
1815/03Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1714

Fleets
FromUntilFleetFleet CommanderSource
1782/091782/12Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782Lord Richard Howe
Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume VJohn CharnockBook
NBD1849 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
NAO The National Archive - Trafalgar AncestorsVariousWeb Site
 
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