The Richard was a 70-gun second-rate ship of the line of the navy of the Commonwealth of England, built by the Master Shipwright Christopher Pett at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1658.

[1] The Richard was one of four Second rates authorised by the Council of State on 3 July 1654 as part of the 1654 Construction Programme; unlike the other three, the instruction to build her was not placed until 8 April 1656; she was launched from Woolwich Dockyard on 26 May 1658.

She also took part in the St James's Day Fight on 25 July 1666.

She was present at the raid on the Medway in 1667, where first she was sunk to prevent capture, and then those parts above water burnt by the Dutch fireships.

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