French frigate Pomone (1805)

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Pomone off Toulon
History
France
NamePomone
NamesakePomona
BuilderGenoa
Laid downAugust 1803
Launched10 February 1805
Captured29 November 1811
United Kingdom
NameAmbuscade
Acquired29 November 1811
Decommissioned1812
General characteristics
Class and type Hortense-class frigate
Length48.75 m (159 ft 11 in)
Beam12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
Draught5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament

Pomone was a 40-gun Hortense-class frigate of the French Navy, built at Genoa for the puppet government of the Ligurian Republic, which was annexed as part of France in June 1805, a month after Pomone was completed. On 30 January 1807, she collided with the French frigate Muiron.

In May 1807, Pomone, Annibal, Incorruptible and the corvette Victorieuse engaged HMS Spartan off Cabrera in the Mediterranean.

Capture and fate[]

Pomone was captured near Corfu during the action of 29 November 1811 and briefly added to the Royal Navy as HMS Ambuscade, although she was never brought into service. She was broken up for material in November 1812 at Woolwich Dockyard.

French frigate Pomone

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