Wakefield was a fifth-rate warship of the Commonwealth of England's naval forces, one of six such ships ordered on 28 December 1654, all 6 built in the state dockyards (the others were , , , , and ). She was built by Master Shipwright John Tippetts at Portsmouth Dockyard, and was launched in November 1656 as a 22-gun Fifth rate. She was named Wakefield to commemorate the Roundhead capture of that town by Thomas Fairfax in 1643.
Her length was recorded as on the gundeck and on the keel for tonnage calculation. The breadth was with a depth in hold of . The tonnage was thus calculated at 232<small></small> bm tons.
She was originally armed with 22 guns, probably comprising 16 demi-culverins on the single gundeck and 6 sakers on the quarterdeck. At the Restoration in 1660 she was taken into the Royal Navy and renamed as HMS Richmond. By 1665 she actually carried 24 guns, comprising the 16 demi-culverins on the gundeck, and now with 8 sakers on the quarterdeck. The Richmond served throughout the Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Third Anglo-Dutch War, but did not take part in any major battle. She was converted to a fireship in August 1677, and was finally sold on 30 August 1687 to be taken to pieces.