HMS Pomone (1811)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Astrée and HMS Pomone.
Astrée was a 44-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy, launched at Cherbourg in 1809. In December of the next year she captured HMS Africaine. The Royal Navy captured Astrée in 1810 and took her into service under her French name, rating her as a 38-gun frigate, but then in 1811 recommissioned her as HMS Pomone. She served during the War of 1812 and was broken up in 1816.
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Clorinde, sister-ship of HMS Pomone (1811) | |
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France | |
Name | Astrée |
Namesake | Astraea |
Builder | Cherbourg |
Laid down | May 1808 |
Launched | 1 May 1809 |
Commissioned | 22 July 1809 |
Captured | 4 December 1810 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Pomone |
Acquired | 4 December 1810 |
Commissioned | February 1812 |
Fate | Broken up in 1816 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Pallas-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1093 42⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 40 ft 2 in (12.2 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Propulsion | 1950 m2 of Sail |
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Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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