Pomone
Captured
French Navy, then Royal Navy
| Type | Frigate |
|---|---|
| Rate | Fifth rate |
| Guns | 40 guns |
| War | Napoleonic Wars |
Service
| to 1811 | Pomone | |
| from 1811 | Ambuscade Captured at Pelagosa |
Frigate built hastily in 1803 as a warship for Jérôme Bonaparte. Carrying guns for the French army in the Balkans, she was dismasted and taken by Alceste and Active at Pelagosa in 1811. Too weakly built to serve, she was broken up.
Career
Battle of Pelagosa
Captured
29 November 1811
Dismasted
Renamed HMS Ambuscade
30 November 1811 · Captured at Pelagosa