Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Re-named to the Richmond on 23 May 1660.
HMS Wakefield22-6 guns; built Portsmouth 1655; subsequently renamed Richmond http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/12849/ 1660; considered a yacht taken into King’s service 1668; converted to fireship 1688; sold 1698.(L&M Index and http://www.hmforces.co.uk/education/articles/14... )
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HMS Wakefield
22-6 guns; built Portsmouth 1655; subsequently renamed Richmond http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/12849/ 1660; considered a yacht taken into King’s service 1668; converted to fireship 1688; sold 1698.
(L&M Index and http://www.hmforces.co.uk/education/articles/14... )