Name HMS Richmond Commissioned April 1757 Launched 12 November 1757 | Ordered 12 March 1756 Laid down April 1756 Construction started April 1756 | |
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Completed 7 December 1757 at Deptford Dockyard |
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.
References
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