HMS Richmond

HMS Richmond

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Richmond", after the English town of Richmond, or numerous holders of the title of Duke of Richmond:

* HMS "Richmond" was a 26-gun ship launched in 1655 as HMS "Wakefield". She was renamed HMS "Richmond" in 1660 and was converted into a fireship between 1688 and 1689. She was sold in 1698.
* HMS "Richmond" was an 8-gun yacht purchased in 1672 and sold in 1685.
* HMS "Richmond" was a 24-gun sixth rate, formerly the French East Indiaman "Dauphin". She was captured in 1745 and sold in 1749.
* HMS "Richmond" was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1757. She was captured by the French in 1781.
* HMS "Richmond" was a 14-gun gun-brig launched in 1806 and sold in 1814.
* HMS "Richmond" was previously the USS "Fairfax", transferred from the US Navy as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement. She was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943, and then to the Soviet Navy in 1944. She was renamed "Zhivuchi" and served with them until 1949, when she was scrapped.
* HMS "Richmond" is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1993 and currently in service.

References

*Colledge
* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/2104.html Royal Navy history page]


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