HMS Raisonnable (1768)

Raisonnable
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Raisonnable
Ordered	11 January 1763
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	25 November 1765
Launched	10 December 1768
Honours and awards	Participated in: Battle of Copenhagen Battle of Cape Finisterre
Fate	Broken up, 1815
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Ardent-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1386
Length	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	500 officers and men
Armament	64 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Raisonnable (sometimes spelt Raisonable)^[2] 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^[1] 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.