HMS Richmond (1757)

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 under Lieutenant Mortemart.[1]

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

On 12 April 1782 she fought at the Battle of the Saintes and famously tried to tow Glorieux to safety.[2] A painting of the attempt was made later, and was on display at the Ministry of the Navy in the 1930.[3]

Fate

The French burned her at Sardinia on 19 May 1793 to prevent the Spanish from capturing her.[4]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Roche (2005), p. 383.
  2. Fraser (2009), p. 137-38.
  3. Contenson (1934), p. 233.
  4. Winfield and Roberts (2015), Chap. 5.

References

  • Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
  • Fraser, Edward (2009). Famous Fighters of the Fleet: Glimpses Through the Cannon Smoke in the Days of the Old Navy (1904). Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 9781104820039.
  • Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
  • Guérin, Léon (1863). Histoire maritime de France (in French). 5. Dufour et Mulat.
  • David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
  • 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
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