HMS ''Pomona'' was a 28-gun
''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate
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frigate
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of the
Royal Navy
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. ''Pomona'' was first
commissioned in September 1778 under the command of Captain
William Waldegrave.
On 17 October 1779, ''Pomona'', together with , , and participated in the successful British attack on the
Fort of San Fernandino de Omoa. As a result of the battle the British ships captured two Spanish prizes with a cargo of bullion worth in excess of $3,000,000.
''Pomona'' and ''Lowestoffe'' also shared in the prize money for the ''St. Domingo'' and her cargo, which included 124 serons (crates) of
indigo
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.
Then on 15 June 1780, ''Pomona'', and ''Lowestoffe'' captured the brig ''Delaware'', William Collins, Master. She was of 120 tons, armed with guns and had a crew of 53 men. She was sailing from Philadelphia to Port au Prince, with a cargo of flour and fish.
More importantly, they also captured the French navy cutter
''Sans Pareil'', of 16 guns and 100 men, as she was sailing from Martinique to
Cap-Français. She was the former British privateer ''Non Such''.
[Dermeiliac (1996), p.89, #591.]
In 1795 ''Pomona'' was renamed ''Amphitrite''
after the previous was wrecked after striking an uncharted submerged rock whilst entering Leghorn harbour on 30 January 1794.
Fate
She was taken to pieces at Portsmouth August 1811.
[Winfield (2007)]
Citations
References
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* Robert Gardiner, ''The First Frigates'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. .
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* David Lyon, ''The Sailing Navy List'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. .
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1778 ships
Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy
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