Several ships of the

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have borne the name ''Pomone'', after the

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Pomona: * , a 30-gun frigate, burnt to avoid capture in 1760. * (1770), a requisitioned transport ship, sold in 1771. * , a 40-gun frigate, captured during the

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by captured by and taken into service as HMS ''Pomone''. She was sold in 1802 and broken up in 1803. * , a 44-gun frigate, captured during the

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by and and taken into service as HMS ''Ambuscade''. She was broken up in 1812. * (1821), a 28-gun corvette * , a steam frigate

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