French frigate Pomone (1785)

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 to warrant being taken out of service and then broken up in 1803.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Pomone and HMS Pomone.

Pomone
History
France
NamePomone
NamesakePomona
Ordered13 April 1782 (named)
BuilderRochefort (Builders: Hubert Pennevert & Henri Chevillard)
Laid down20 February 1783
Launched16 November 1785
In serviceMay 1787
Captured23 April 1794
Great Britain
NamePomone
Acquired23 April 1794
FateSold in 1802
General characteristics
Class and type40-gun frigate
Displacement1,400 tons (French)
Tons burthen1,238 67⁄94
Length48.7 m (160 ft);
Beam12.2 m (40 ft)
Draught5.1 m (17 ft)
PropulsionSail
Complement
  • French service: 325
  • British service: 300
Armament
  • French service:
  • Battery: 26 (later 28) × 18-pounders
  • Battery at capture: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Forecastle and quarterdeck: 6 (1794 - 12) × 8-pounder guns and 4 × 36-pounder obusiers
  • British service:
  • Battery: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Battery 1799: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 32-pounders + 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 32-pounders
ArmourTimber
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