Pomone is the name of several ships: * Four

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

ships have borne the name HMS ''Pomone'': ** , a 44-gun French frigate captured on 23 April 1794 and broken up in 1803. ** , a 38-gun frigate built in 1805 and wrecked in 1811. ** HMS ''Pomone'', 38-gun French frigate ''Astrée'', captured on 6 December 1810; renamed ''Pomone'' in 1811 and paid off in 1815. ** , a Pelorus class cruiser built in 1897 and scrapped in 1922. * Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name ''Pomone'': ** ''Pomone'' (1750–1760), a 30-gun frigate ** ''Pomone'' (1770–1771), a transport ship ** ''Pomone'' (built 1787, captured by British 1794, broken up 1803), a 40-gun frigate ** ''Pomone'' (1805–1811), a 44-gun frigate ** ''Pomone'' (1821–1830), a 28-gun corvette ** ''Pomone'' (1845–1877), a steam frigate Pomone can also mean: *

Prix de Pomone The Prix de Pomone is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,500 metres (about 1 mile and 4½ ...

, a French horserace named after Pomona (French name ''Pomone''), the Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards. *

Pomone (opera) ''Pomone'' ('' Pomona'') is a pastoral opera in a prologue and five acts by Robert Cambert with a libretto by Pierre Perrin. It has been described as "effectively the first French opera."Sadler 2001, p.180. Bashford 1992, p. 697: "Considered ...

, a French opera by Robert Cambert

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