HMS Richmond (1757)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Richmond
Ordered	12 March 1756
Builder	John Buxton, Deptford
Laid down	April 1756
Launched	12 November 1757
Completed	7 December 1757 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	April 1757
Fate	Captured by the French Navy in Chesapeake Bay, 11 September 1781
France
Name	Richemont
Acquired	1781 by capture
Fate	Scuttled by fire on 19 May 1793
General characteristics
Class and type	Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate
Displacement	1,000 (tons; French)
Tons burthen	664 16⁄94 (bm)
Length	127 ft 1+1⁄2 in (38.748 m) (gundeck) 107 ft 1+1⁄8 in (32.642 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 1+3⁄4 in (10.408 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	British service:210 officers and men French service: 220 (war) & 150 (peace)
Armament	Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Richmond was the name ship of the six-vessel, 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served throughout the American Revolutionary War until the French 74-gun Bourgogne and the frigate Aigrette captured her on 11 September 1781 in the Chesapeake. She then served as Richemont.

Fate

The French burned her at Sardinia on 19 May 1793 to prevent the Spanish from capturing her.

Citations and references

Citations

References

• Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
• David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.
• Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042