HMS Pomone (1811)

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.

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

Clorinde, sister-ship of HMS Pomone (1811)
History
France
NameAstrée
NamesakeAstraea
BuilderCherbourg
Laid downMay 1808
Launched1 May 1809
Commissioned22 July 1809
Captured4 December 1810
United Kingdom
NameHMS Pomone
Acquired4 December 1810
CommissionedFebruary 1812
FateBroken up in 1816
General characteristics
Class and typePallas-class frigate
Tons burthen1093 42⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 152 ft 0 in (46.3 m) (overall)
  • 127 ft 5 in (38.8 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 2 in (12.2 m)
Draught12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion1950 m2 of Sail
Complement
  • French service:326
  • British service: 300 (later 315)
Armament
  • French service:
  • Battery: 28 18-pounders
  • QD & Fc: 8 x 8-pounder long guns + 8 x 36-pounder carronades or 12 x 18-pounder carronades
  • British service:
  • Upper deck: 28 x 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 x 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades
ArmourTimber
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