What is "pomone"

Pomone is the name of several ships:

• Four Royal Navy 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, a French horserace named after Pomona (French name Pomone), the Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards.
• Pomone (opera), a French opera by Robert Cambert

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." It was first performed in Paris at the Jeu de Paume de la Bouteille theatre belonging to Cambert and Perrin's Académie d'Opéra on 3 March 1671. The production had ballets choreographed by Des Brosses and sets and machinery designed by Alexandre de Rieux, marquis de Sourdéac. The novelty of the work drew large audiences and the opera enjoyed 146 performances over the eight months of its run. The score of Pomone has only partially survived.