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 Class (1762)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Sir Thomas SladeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1744-1783
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Joseph HarrisBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1742-1773
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-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 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
17.11.1770 - 13.5.1771Captain
Maurice SucklingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1778
Transfered ADM 6/20/315BWAS-171413.5.1771 - 14.1.1773Captain
The Hon. Henry St JohnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1778
ADM 6/20/375BWAS-171414.1.1773 - 25.8.1775Captain
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1802
Transfered ADM 6/20/471BWAS-171425.2.1776 - 4.12.1779Captain
Thomas FitzherbertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1794
Transfered ADM 6/21/161BWAS-17144.12.1779 - 15.5.1780Captain
Henry Francis EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1756-1763
BWAS-171415.5.1780 - 29.8.1780Captain
Smith ChildBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1810
ADM 6/22/217
Issued by
Marriot ArbuthnotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1793
, North America
Confirmed 25.12.1780BWAS-171429.8.1780 - 23.11.1780Captain
Sir Digby DentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1788
: on board from 30.8.1780 Transfered ADM 6/22/235
Issued by
Marriot ArbuthnotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1793
, North America
Confirmed 19.1.1781B05111.1.1782 - 1.8.1783Captain
Lord John Augustus HerveyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1796
ADM 6/22/397BWAS-171431.1.1793 - 30.9.1794Captain
James CranstounBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1796
: on board from 13.2.1793 ADM 6/24/199BWAS-171423.9.1794 - 6.12.1795Captain
Robert ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1797
: on board from 30.9.1794 ADM 6/25/88BWAS-17147.12.1795 - 20.1.1801Captain
Charles BoylesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
BWAS-171421.1.1801 - 25.4.1802Captain
John DilkesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1756-1814
E-WIKI3.1803 - 4.1804Captain
William HothamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1793
BWAS-17144.1804 - 9.1804Captain
Charles MalcolmBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1827
BWAS-17149.1804 - 4.1805Captain
Robert BartonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1830
BWAS-17144.1805 - 7.1810Captain
Josias RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1821
BWAS-171411.1810 - 1811Commander
Francis DickinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1812
BWAS-17141811 - 5.1812Commander
Thomas NewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1812
BWAS-17145.1812 - 7.1812Commander
Charles HewittBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1815
BWAS-17147.1812 - 1.6.1814Captain
Edward Snyd ClayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
3.4.1779 - 4.12.1779Commodore
Sir George CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1795
BWAS-1714

21 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
30.11.1770 - 25.8.1774First Lieutenant
Mathew AndersonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1775
Transfered ADM 6/20/319ADM 6/2030.11.1770 - 1.4.1772Second Lieutenant
St Alban RoyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1783
Transfered ADM 6/20/319ADM 6/2030.11.1770 - 7.9.1771Fourth Lieutenant
Faithful Adrian FortescueBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1755-1774
Transfered ADM 6/20/319ADM 6/2029.11.1773 - 25.8.1775Third Lieutenant
Edward CollingwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1773-1782
Transfered ADM 6/20/530ADM 6/2024.1.1782 - 28.2.1782Fourth Lieutenant
Thomas JennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/22/403ADM 6/2228.2.1782 - 1.8.1783Third Lieutenant
Thomas JennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/22/416ADM 6/2228.2.1782 - 8.1.1783Fourth Lieutenant
Richard LeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1814
ADM 6/22/416ADM 6/2215.2.1793 - 18.3.1793Fourth Lieutenant
Henry St JohnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1794
ADM 6/24/209ADM 6/2415.2.1793 - 24.6.1793Fifth Lieutenant
Robert CathcartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1813
ADM 6/24/209ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 18.3.1793Second Lieutenant
Charles WoodgerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1809
ADM 6/24/215ADM 6/2412.3.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
Paul ParryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1793
ADM 6/24/218ADM 6/2419.3.1793 - 13.3.1794Second Lieutenant
Henry St JohnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1794
ADM 6/24/221ADM 6/2419.3.1793 - 13.3.1794Third Lieutenant
Philip AnstrutherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
ADM 6/24/221ADM 6/2425.6.1793 - 13.3.1794Fourth Lieutenant
Robert CathcartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1813
ADM 6/24/249ADM 6/2425.6.1793 - 13.3.1794Fifth Lieutenant
James NichollsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1802
ADM 6/24/249ADM 6/2414.3.1794 - 1794Second Lieutenant
Philip AnstrutherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
ADM 6/25/20ADM 6/2514.3.1794 - 1794Third Lieutenant
Robert CathcartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1813
ADM 6/25/20ADM 6/2514.3.1794 - 1794Fourth Lieutenant
James NichollsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1802
ADM 6/25/20ADM 6/2514.3.1794 - 1794Fifth Lieutenant
George Home CranstounBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 6/25/20ADM 6/259.1.1805 - 1810Lieutenant
Richard BluettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1816
NBD18499.3.1805 - 31.8.1810Lieutenant
Samuel WaltersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1815
ref:574

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
- bef.12.1.1795Second Surgeons' Mate
S R PalmerBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Transferedref:19811771Surgeon
Alexander NaismithBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1744-1771
ref:91615.11.1794 - 6.12.1795Carpenter
William SpackshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1802
Transfered ADM 29/1/23ADM 29-1

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
24.4.1771 - 21.5.1771Midshipman
Horatio NelsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
NAO8.1780 - 10.1780Midshipman
Christopher ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1828
WWNH12.1796 - 30.4.1802Midshipman
Thomas BurdwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1844
NBD1849

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
25.4.1793 - 5.1793Captain's Servant
John NugentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1841
NBD18491.10.1796 - 12.1796Able Seaman
Thomas BurdwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1844
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 Brigantine
Dalton (18) 1776-1776
American 18 Gun
Privateer Brigantine

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) 1779-1779
American 14 Gun
Privateer Sloop

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 1782
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
 
 
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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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