The Richmond-class frigates were 32-gun sailing frigates of the fifth rate produced for the Royal Navy

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. They were designed in 1756 by the Navy's Surveyor, William Bately, and were his equivalent of the s designed by Bately's co-Surveyor, Thomas Slade. They were faster ships than the Southamptons, and were weatherly craft, remaining dry even in high seas. Three ships were ordered to this design between 1756 and 1757, while a second batch of three ships was ordered between 1761 and 1762 to a slightly modified design.

First batch

• Richmond
  HMS Richmond (1757)
  HMS Richmond was the name ship of the 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served throughout the American Revolutionary War until captured by the French in 1781.- References :...
  
  
  • Ordered: 12 March 1756
  • Built by: John Buxton, Deptford.
  • Keel laid: April 1756
  • Launched: 12 November 1757
  • Completed: 7 December 1757 at Deptford Dockyard.
  • Fate: Burnt at Sardinia to avoid capture on 19 May 1793.
• Juno
  HMS Juno (1757)
  HMS Juno was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served throughout the American Revolutionary War until scuttled in 1778 to avoid capture.- References :...
  
  
  • Ordered: 1 June 1756
  • Built by: William Alexander, Rotherhithe.
  • Keel laid: June 1756
  • Launched: 29 September 1757
  • Completed: 6 November 1757 at Deptford Dockyard.
  • Fate: Burnt at Rhode Island to avoid capture on 5 August 1778.
• Thames
  HMS Thames (1758)
  HMS Thames was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy built by Henry Adams and launched at Bucklers Hard in 1758. She served in several wars, including for some four years in French service after her capture. She was recaptured in 1796 and was broken up in 1803.-British...
  
  
  • Ordered: 11 January 1757
  • Built by: Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard.
  • Keel laid: February 1757
  • Launched: 10 April 1758
  • Completed: 29 May 1758 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
  • Fate: Taken to pieces at Woolwich Dockyard in September 1803.

Second (modified) batch

• Lark
  HMS Lark (1762)
  HMS Lark was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1762 and destroyed 1778 during the American Revolutionary War, in Narragansett Bay...
  
  
  • Ordered: 24 March 1761
  • Built by: Elias Bird, Rotherhithe.
  • Keel laid: 5 May 1761
  • Launched: 10 May 1762
  • Completed: 9 July 1762 at Deptford Dockyard.
  • Fate: Burnt at Rhode Island to avoid capture on 5 August 1778.
• Boston
  HMS Boston (1762)
  HMS Boston was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1762 and serveded 1778 during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War.- References :...
  
  
  • Ordered: 24 March 1761
  • Built by: Robert Inwood, Rotherhithe.
  • Keel laid: 5 May 1761
  • Launched: 11 May 1762
  • Completed: 16 July 1762 at Deptford Dockyard.
  • Fate: Taken to pieces at Plymouth Dockyard in May 1811.
• Jason
  HMS Jason (1763)
  HMS Jason was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1763 and served throughout the American Revolutionary War.- References :...
  
  
  • Ordered: 30 January 1762
  • Built by: Robert Batson, Limehouse.
  • Keel laid: 1 April 1762
  • Launched: 13 June 1763
  • Completed: 19 September 1765 at Deptford Dockyard.
  • Fate: Sold at Chatham Dockyard on 10 February 1785.