French frigate Pomone (1785)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Pomone and HMS Pomone.
Pomone was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1785. The British captured her off the Île de Batz in April 1794 and incorporated her into the Royal Navy. Pomone subsequently had a relatively brief but active career in the British Navy off the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of France before suffering sufficient damage from hitting a rock. Due to this, the ship was taken out of service and then broken up in 1803.
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Pomone | |
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France | |
Name | Pomone |
Namesake | Pomona |
Ordered | 13 April 1782 (named) |
Builder | Rochefort (Builders: Hubert Pennevert & Henri Chevillard) |
Laid down | 20 February 1783 |
Launched | 16 November 1785 |
In service | May 1787 |
Captured | 23 April 1794 |
Great Britain | |
Name | Pomone |
Acquired | 23 April 1794 |
Fate | Sold in 1802 |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Class and type | 40-gun frigate |
Displacement | 1,400 tons (French)[1] |
Tons burthen | 1,238 67⁄94 |
Length | 48.7 m (160 ft); |
Beam | 12.2 m (40 ft) |
Draught | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
Propulsion | Sail |
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Armour | Timber |
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