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Raison, 1795
Type: 6th Rate ; Armament 26 (20 x long 9-pdrs ; 2 x 18-pdr carronades in the bridle-ports, on the main deck 6 x long 6-pdrs & 2 x 12-pdr carronades on the QD & FC = 30 guns, (1796))
Taken : 17 May 1795 ;
Disposal date or year : 1802
Complement : 195 men and boys
B.M. 472 tons.
Notes:
17 May 1795 the frigates Thetis and Hussar, captured 4 armed French store-ships off Cape Henry, USA, including the Prévoyante and Raison, which were taken into the RN.
25 Aug 1796 in latitude 41° 39' N., and latitude 66° 24' W., [in the West Indies], the British 20-gun ship Raison, Captain John Poer Beresford, sighted the French frigate Vengeance, which chased the Raison for many hours before the smaller vessel, following exchanges of broadsides, was able to evade capture in fog.
1799 Returned to England ; refitted as a Store ship