HMS Raisonnable (1768)

HMS Raisonnable (sometimes spelt Raisonable) was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, named after the ship of the same name captured from the French in 1758. She was built at Chatham Dockyard, launched on 10 December 1768 and commissioned on 17 November 1770 under the command of Captain Maurice Suckling, Horatio Nelson's uncle. Raisonnable was built to the same lines as HMS Ardent, and was one of the seven ships forming the Ardent class of 1761. Raisonnable was the first ship in which Nelson served.

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

Raisonnable
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Raisonnable
Ordered11 January 1763
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down25 November 1765
Launched10 December 1768
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up, 1815
General characteristics
Class and typeArdent-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1386
Length160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Depth of hold19 ft (5.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement500 officers and men
Armament
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
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