French frigate Pomone (1805)

French frigate Pomone (1805)

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Ship caption=La Pomone in action against the frigates "Alceste" and "Active"
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Ship country=France
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Ship name="Pomone"
Ship namesake=Pomona
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Ship laid down=1803
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Ship name=HMS "Ambuscade"
Ship acquired=29 November 1811
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Ship decommissioned=1812
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Ship class="Hortense" class frigate
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Ship length= convert|48.75|m|ftin
Ship beam= convert|12.2|m|ftin
Ship draught= convert|5.9|m|ftin
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Ship armament=40 guns

*26 × 18-pounder long guns
*6 × 8-pounder long guns
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The "Pomone" was a 40-gun "Hortense" class frigate of the French Navy.

On 30 January 1807, she collided with the "Muiron".

She was captured during the Action of 29 November 1811, and subsequently recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS "Ambuscade".

External links

* [http://www.ambuscade.org.uk/archive01.htm HMS Ambuscade website]


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