sentences:  The ship re-commissioned on 25 May 1771 under Captain Henry St. John, a mere 10 days since paying off as a guard ship, and joined the Channel Fleet.St John was succeeded by Captain Thomas Greaves on 23 January 1773, and "Raisonnable" paid off at Plymouth on 23 September 1775.She was again re-commissioned on 25 February 1776 under Captain Thomas Fitzherbert, and despatched to the North American Station.