HMS Richmond
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HMS Richmond
- the first HMS Richmond of 1656
- the second HMS Richmond of 1672
- the third HMS Richmond formerly FS Dauphin
- the fourth HMS Richmond of 1757, captured by the French in 1781
- the fifth HMS Richmond, 14 gun brig sold in 1814
- There is no sixth HMS Richmond
- the seventh HMS Richmond was previously USS Fairfax transferred from the U.S. Navy to the Royal Navy as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement, and later transferred to the Soviet Navy in 1943 and scrapped in 1949.
- The eighth HMS Richmond, is a Type 23 frigate
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/2104.html Royal Navy history page