Combat de la Fregate La Pomone... contre les fregates l' Alceste et l' Active 29 Novembre 1811. Episodes Maritimes
A view of the damaged ‘Pomone’, shown port broadside, with the ‘Alceste’ on the left, shown port quarter. The ‘Active’ lies behind ‘Pomone’, covered by smoke. The latter is shown with her masts broken and fallen into the water. The ‘Alceste’ was originally captured from the French as ‘Minerve’ off Rochefort. Coloured lithograph. Plate 6.
The ‘Pomone’ is described in ‘The Naval History of Great Britain’ (Vol V, p.666) as ‘rather hastily run up’ so that when ‘brought to England in September, 1812, was found defective and taken to pieces.’
The ‘Pomone’ is described in ‘The Naval History of Great Britain’ (Vol V, p.666) as ‘rather hastily run up’ so that when ‘brought to England in September, 1812, was found defective and taken to pieces.’
Object Details
| ID: | PAG9063 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Rue, Francois De la; Sabatier Lemercier Mayer, Auguste Etienne Francois |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Action of Pelagosa, 1811 |
| Vessels: | Minerve (1805); Ambuscade (captured 1811) Active (1799) |
| Date made: | 1806; 29 Nov 1811 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 419 x 571 mm; Mount: 479 mm x 629 mm |