HMS Pomone (1805)

HMS Pomone, from a colour lithograph by T. G. Dutton, after a painting by G.F. St.John
History
United Kingdom
Name	Pomone
Ordered	25 November 1802
Builder	Josiah and Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury
Laid down	December 1803
Launched	17 January 1805
Completed	29 March 1805 at Chatham Dockyard
Commissioned	February 1805
Fate	Wrecked 14 October 1811
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	38-gun Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen	1,076 tons (bm)
Length	150 ft 1+1⁄2 in (45.758 m) (gundeck) 125 ft 4+7⁄8 in (38.224 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 11 in (12.17 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	284, later 300, then 330
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 14 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Pomone was a 38-gun Leda-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy launched in 1805. She saw action during the Napoleonic Wars, primarily in the Mediterranean while under the command of Captain Robert Barrie. She was wrecked off The Needles, part of the Isle of Wight, in 1811. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.^[2]