British Third Rate ship of the line 'Raisonable' (1768)

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Raisonable

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Raisonnable
Nominal Guns64BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered4.12.1762BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down25.11.1765BWAS-1714
Named30.4.1763BWAS-1714
Launched10.12.1768BWAS-1714
First Commissioned17.11.1770BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardChatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
Ship ClassArdent ClassBWAS-1714
Designed bySir Thomas Slade (1703-1771)BWAS-1714
ConstructorJoseph Harris (d.1773)BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the Line BWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up3.1815BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck160' 1"Imperial Feet48.7684 
Length of Keel131' 6"Imperial Feet39.9337 
Breadth44' 6"Imperial Feet13.4493 
Depth in Hold19' 0"Imperial Feet5.7912 
Draught Forward12' 1"Imperial Feet3.6703 
Draught Aft17' 4"Imperial Feet5.1961 
Burthen1,385 11⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


11.1770Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1794Broadside Weight = 678 Imperial Pound ( 307.473 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder
Roundhouse6 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1762500Design Complement

20 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.11.1770 - 13.5.1771CaptainMaurice Suckling (1726-1778) ADM 6/20/315BWAS-171413.5.1771 - 14.1.1773CaptainThe Hon. Henry St John (1740-1780) ADM 6/20/375BWAS-171414.1.1773 - 25.8.1775CaptainThomas Graves (1725-1802) ADM 6/20/471BWAS-171425.2.1776 - 4.12.1779CaptainThomas Fitzherbert (1727-1794) ADM 6/21/161BWAS-17144.12.1779 - 15.5.1780CaptainHenry Francis Evans (c.1741/42-1781)BWAS-171415.5.1780 - 29.8.1780CaptainSmith Child (1729-1813) ADM 6/22/217
Issued by Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), North America
Commission confirmed 25.12.1780BWAS-171429.8.1780 - 23.11.1780CaptainSir Digby Dent (1739-1817): on board from 30.8.1780 ADM 6/22/235
Issued by Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), North America
Commission confirmed 19.1.1781B05111.1.1782 - 1.8.1783CaptainLord John Augustus Hervey (1757-1796) ADM 6/22/397BWAS-171431.1.1793 - 30.9.1794CaptainJames Cranstoun (d.1797): on board from 13.2.1793 ADM 6/24/199BWAS-171423.9.1794 - 6.12.1795CaptainRobert Parker (d.1797): on board from 30.9.1794 ADM 6/25/88BWAS-17147.12.1795 - 20.1.1801CaptainCharles BoylesBWAS-171421.1.1801 - 25.4.1802CaptainJohn Dilkes (c.1742-1827)EWIKI3.1803 - 4.1804CaptainWilliam Hotham (1772-1848)BWAS-17144.1804 - 9.1804CaptainCharles MalcolmBWAS-17149.1804 - 4.1805CaptainRobert BartonBWAS-17144.1805 - 7.1810CaptainJosias Rowley (1756-1842)BWAS-171411.1810 - 1811CommanderFrancis Dickinson (d.1812)BWAS-17141811 - 5.1812CommanderThomas NewBWAS-17145.1812 - 7.1812CommanderCharles HewittBWAS-17147.1812 - 1.6.1814CaptainEdward Snyd ClayBWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
3.4.1779 - 4.12.1779CommodoreSir George Collier (1738-1795)BWAS-1714

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
9.1.1805 - 1810LieutenantRichard BluettNBD18499.3.1805 - 31.8.1810LieutenantSamuel Walters (1778-1834)ref:574

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1771SurgeonAlexander Naismithref:91615.11.1794 - 6.12.1795CarpenterWilliam SpasshattADM29-1

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
24.4.1771 - 21.5.1771MidshipmanHoratio Nelson (1758-1805)NAO8.1780 - 10.1780MidshipmanChristopher Cole (1770-1836)WWNH12.1796 - 30.4.1802MidshipmanThomas Burdwood (1844-?)NBD1849

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
25.4.1793 - 5.1793Captain's ServantJohn Nugent (1782-?)NBD18491.10.1796 - 12.1796Able SeamanThomas Burdwood (1844-?)NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
11.1770Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
15.3.1771Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £32376.14.8dBWAS-1714
15.3.1771Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £2945.3.5dBWAS-1714
15.5.1771

Paid off

BWAS-1714
25.5.1771Recommissioned as a guard shipBWAS-1714
5.1775Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
23.9.1775

Paid off

BWAS-1714
2.1776RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1776Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £11965.16.3dBWAS-1714
24.12.1776Took the Privateer Dalton
2.1777Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
3.1777Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £3213.10.5dBWAS-1714
23.3.1777Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
5.1779At Hampton RoadsBWAS-1714
21.7.1779In the PenobscotBWAS-1714
14.8.1779Took the Sloop Hunter (14)
1.1780Began operations against CharlestonBWAS-1714
8.1780Voyage homeBWAS-1714
16.12.1780

Paid off

ADM 51
5.1781Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1782In the DownsBWAS-1714
4.1782Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £17885.19.4dBWAS-1714
9.1782Sailed to the relief of GibraltarBWAS-1714
20.10.1782Battle of Cape Spartel
8.12.1782Arrived in the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1.8.1783Paid offADM 51
5.1785Began large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
4.1786Completed large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £26339.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.1791Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
70.1791Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £1822.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1793Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
2.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1793Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £5358.0.0dBWAS-1714
1794refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £7323.0.0dBWAS-1714
10.1796Began refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1.1797Completed refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £9124.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1800Began making good defects at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
8.1800Completed making good defects at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £12528.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1801RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1801Sailed to the BalticBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
4.1802Began making good defects at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
25.4.1802Paid offADM 51
5.1803Completed making good defects at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £10848.0.0dBWAS-1714
22.7.18053rd Battle of Cape Finisterre
1806South American stationBWAS-1714
10.1807Returned to England and paid offBWAS-1714
1.5.1810Sailed from St Helenaref:574
5.7.1810In the Downsref:574
9.7.1810Anchored at the Noreref:574
31.7.1810

Paid off at Chatham

ADM 51
8.1810Began fittingBWAS-1714
11.1810Recommissioned as a guard ship at SheernessBWAS-1714
11.1810Completed fittingBWAS-1714
1.6.1814

Paid off

BWAS-1714
3.1815Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
9.1782-12.1782Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799) 

Sources


IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
B051Biographia Navalis - Volume VJohn CharnockDigital Book
EWIKIWikipediaVariousWeb Site
NBD1849A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
ref:574https://www.genealogieonline.nl Web Site
ref:916The Medical Register for the Year 1783 Book
ADM29-1ADM 29/1 1802-1814 Admiralty: Warrant Officers. Entry Books of Certificates of Service Document
NAOThe National Archive - Trafalgar AncestorsVariousWeb Site
WWNHWho's who in naval historyAlastair Wilson, Joseph F. CalloBook
ADM 51ADM 51 1669-1853 Admiralty: Captains' Logs Archive
 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 8th of July 2018 22:09

3 Feb 1807 killed and wounded at Monte Video from on board the Raisonable : Michael Miller, Seaman, badly wounded ; Edward Roach, Seaman, slightly wounded ;

Posted by belgien vm tröja on Thursday 5th of July 2018 06:04

Great looking site. Presume you did a lot of your own coding.

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